Inequality amid affluence: social stratification in Japan
The two leading sociologists of social stratification in Japan argue that most Japanese have attained a level of income in which they no longer suffer from poverty and starvation, a situation in which Japan has achieved an equalization of basic wealth.
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| Summary: | The two leading sociologists of social stratification in Japan argue that most Japanese have attained a level of income in which they no longer suffer from poverty and starvation, a situation in which Japan has achieved an equalization of basic wealth. |
| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 185 - 196 |
| Physical Description: | XXXII, 202 S. graph. Darst. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1876843152 1876843144 |
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Contents
List of tables vz
List of figures vii
Preface to the Japanese Edition ix
Preface to the English Edition xiii
Acknowledgements xxxii
1 How has Stratification Changed in Japan? 1
2 A Society with an Enduring Emphasis on Education 32
3 Occupational Career Structure 61
4 Changing Political and Strata Consciousness 90
5 Gender and Stratification 117
6 The Prospects for a New Stratified Society 148
Glossary 172
Notes 179
Bibliography 185
Index 197
List of tables
0.1: The mean value of strata indicators by occupation (1995) xv
1.1: 1995 Intergenerational mobility table (males ages 20 69) 23
1.2: The degree of openness for each occupational strata in the
1995 mobility table. 27
2.1: Percentage of those who feel that 'there is unfairness' in
respective categories 33
2.2: Respondent's present occupation by educational background
(Males in their forties) 39
2.3: Intergenerational mobility table of highly educated, upper
white collar workers (absolute numbers) covering males in
their thirties, forties and fifties 55
2.4: Reproduction index of highly educated, upper white collar
workers 55
3.1: Inter company job switchers by firm size (no. of employees) 68
3.2: Long term employees with more than 19 years service (%) 71
3.3: Trends in inter company mobility 72
3.4: Trends in mobility indices (1955 95) 76
3.5: Intergenerational mobility table 77
3.6: Fitness of fixed opportunity model 81
4.1: Trends in support for political parties (%) 92
4.2: Support for political parties by class and stratum
identification (%) 96
4.3: Working class identification by occupational strata 109
5.1: Trends in the numbers of female workers and their
breakdowns (unit: 10,000) 119
5.2: Distribution of female life course patterns by age 133
5.3: Distribution offirst occupations by educational level (%) 136
5.4: Husbands' occupational strata by wife's educational level
(35 54 years of age) (%) 138
5.5: Distribution of the respondents' employment situation by
educational level (35 54 years of age) (%) 138
5.6: Household annual income disparities by gender, age and
educational background (1995) 140
5.7: Combination of wives' and husbands' employment
situations (%) (Column total = 100%) 146
6.1: Two stratification scales and stratification units 165
G.I: Components of eight general categories 173
N.I: Support for political parties 1995 (%) 182
VI
List of figures
0.1: Distribution of occupational prestige scores by occupation
(1995) xvi
0.2: Distribution of academic backgrounds by occupation
(1995) xvii
0.3a: Distribution of individual annual income by occupation
(1995) xviii
0.3b: Distribution of household annual incomes by occupation
(1995) xix
0.4: Distribution of strata identification by occupation (1995) xx
0.5: Trends in household income disparity xxi
0.6: Trends in income disparity between age groups xxii
0.7: Trends in the exclusiveness of strata (Father's occupation
respondant's occupation at the age of 40) xxiv
0.8: Trends in the exclusiveness of upper white collar
employees xxv
0.9: Scholastic motivation of high school students by mother's
academic background xxvii
1.1: Trends in real GNP (1930 as a benchmark of 1) 4
1.2: Trends in the percentage of workers by industry 4
1.3: Trends in the percentage of workers by occupation 5
1.4: The advancement rates to high school by origin strata 14
1.5: The advancement rates to junior college and university by
origin strata 15
1.6: Individual annual income distribution in 1995 17
1.7: Overall income disparities (20 69 years of age, male) 18
1.8: Trends in inter strata disparities of individual and
house hold annual incomes 19
1.9: Trends in party support by strata (males aged 20 69) 22
2.1: Occupational disparity by educational background (Males
in their forties) 40
2.2: Income disparity by educational background (Males in
their forties and fifties) 43
2.3: Supply and demand curves and wage disparities by
educational background 46
3.1: Major flows of occupational careers 62
3.2: Determining factors of occupational career 66
3.3: Changes in the views on job changes 73
3.4: Trends in mobility indices (1935 95) 80
VII
viii List of figures
3.5: Changes in occupational prestige scores 88
4.1: Changes in support for political parties by occupation 95
4.2: Trends in the ratio of those who do not support any
political party by age 99
4.3: Trends in strata identification 104
4.4: Trends in class identification 105
5.1: Trends in female labor force participation rates 122
5.2: Trends in the advancement rates to higher education 123
5.3: Career paths of new female graduates from four year
universities 125
5.4: Changes in work participation ratios by educational
background and by age 130
5.5: Approval rates of the opinion that men should work and
women should stay home 132
5.6: Females' higher education advancement rates by origin
stratum 135
6.1: Diffusion process of durable consumer goods by stratum 153
G.I: Graph of survival function 177 |
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Contents
List of tables vz
List of figures vii
Preface to the Japanese Edition ix
Preface to the English Edition xiii
Acknowledgements xxxii
1 How has Stratification Changed in Japan? 1
2 A Society with an Enduring Emphasis on Education 32
3 Occupational Career Structure 61
4 Changing Political and Strata Consciousness 90
5 Gender and Stratification 117
6 The Prospects for a New Stratified Society 148
Glossary 172
Notes 179
Bibliography 185
Index 197
List of tables
0.1: The mean value of strata indicators by occupation (1995) xv
1.1: 1995 Intergenerational mobility table (males ages 20 69) 23
1.2: The degree of openness for each occupational strata in the
1995 mobility table. 27
2.1: Percentage of those who feel that 'there is unfairness' in
respective categories 33
2.2: Respondent's present occupation by educational background
(Males in their forties) 39
2.3: Intergenerational mobility table of highly educated, upper
white collar workers (absolute numbers) covering males in
their thirties, forties and fifties 55
2.4: Reproduction index of highly educated, upper white collar
workers 55
3.1: Inter company job switchers by firm size (no. of employees) 68
3.2: Long term employees with more than 19 years service (%) 71
3.3: Trends in inter company mobility 72
3.4: Trends in mobility indices (1955 95) 76
3.5: Intergenerational mobility table 77
3.6: Fitness of fixed opportunity model 81
4.1: Trends in support for political parties (%) 92
4.2: Support for political parties by class and stratum
identification (%) 96
4.3: Working class identification by occupational strata 109
5.1: Trends in the numbers of female workers and their
breakdowns (unit: 10,000) 119
5.2: Distribution of female life course patterns by age 133
5.3: Distribution offirst occupations by educational level (%) 136
5.4: Husbands' occupational strata by wife's educational level
(35 54 years of age) (%) 138
5.5: Distribution of the respondents' employment situation by
educational level (35 54 years of age) (%) 138
5.6: Household annual income disparities by gender, age and
educational background (1995) 140
5.7: Combination of wives' and husbands' employment
situations (%) (Column total = 100%) 146
6.1: Two stratification scales and stratification units 165
G.I: Components of eight general categories 173
N.I: Support for political parties 1995 (%) 182
VI
List of figures
0.1: Distribution of occupational prestige scores by occupation
(1995) xvi
0.2: Distribution of academic backgrounds by occupation
(1995) xvii
0.3a: Distribution of individual annual income by occupation
(1995) xviii
0.3b: Distribution of household annual incomes by occupation
(1995) xix
0.4: Distribution of strata identification by occupation (1995) xx
0.5: Trends in household income disparity xxi
0.6: Trends in income disparity between age groups xxii
0.7: Trends in the exclusiveness of strata (Father's occupation
respondant's occupation at the age of 40) xxiv
0.8: Trends in the exclusiveness of upper white collar
employees xxv
0.9: Scholastic motivation of high school students by mother's
academic background xxvii
1.1: Trends in real GNP (1930 as a benchmark of 1) 4
1.2: Trends in the percentage of workers by industry 4
1.3: Trends in the percentage of workers by occupation 5
1.4: The advancement rates to high school by origin strata 14
1.5: The advancement rates to junior college and university by
origin strata 15
1.6: Individual annual income distribution in 1995 17
1.7: Overall income disparities (20 69 years of age, male) 18
1.8: Trends in inter strata disparities of individual and
house hold annual incomes 19
1.9: Trends in party support by strata (males aged 20 69) 22
2.1: Occupational disparity by educational background (Males
in their forties) 40
2.2: Income disparity by educational background (Males in
their forties and fifties) 43
2.3: Supply and demand curves and wage disparities by
educational background 46
3.1: Major flows of occupational careers 62
3.2: Determining factors of occupational career 66
3.3: Changes in the views on job changes 73
3.4: Trends in mobility indices (1935 95) 80
VII
viii List of figures
3.5: Changes in occupational prestige scores 88
4.1: Changes in support for political parties by occupation 95
4.2: Trends in the ratio of those who do not support any
political party by age 99
4.3: Trends in strata identification 104
4.4: Trends in class identification 105
5.1: Trends in female labor force participation rates 122
5.2: Trends in the advancement rates to higher education 123
5.3: Career paths of new female graduates from four year
universities 125
5.4: Changes in work participation ratios by educational
background and by age 130
5.5: Approval rates of the opinion that men should work and
women should stay home 132
5.6: Females' higher education advancement rates by origin
stratum 135
6.1: Diffusion process of durable consumer goods by stratum 153
G.I: Graph of survival function 177 |
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