Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The emerging incentive divide
Author:   Takehiko Kariya (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415556873


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   16 November 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The emerging incentive divide


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Author:   Takehiko Kariya (Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415556873


ISBN 10:   0415556872
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   16 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: The complex of class and education in a changing society 1. Education and social mobility in post-war Japan 2. The age of meritocracy 3. Meritocracy, ability orientation and ‘discrimination’ 3.1. The irony of egalitarianism in post-war Japan 3.2. A double standard of inequality and ‘meritocratic discrimination’ 4. Education Reform and Elite Education 5. Inequality of effort under the meritocracy 6. Pitfalls of the ‘self-responsible society’ – Is opportunity equal? 7. The structure of self-confidence – Educational inequality and self-esteem 8. The incentive divide - Selecting the society of the future 9. Afterword

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This English translation provides access to a centrally important, classic study on education and social class in Japan -Barbara G. Holthus, Universty of Vienna, Vienna Austria, Pacific Affairs: Volume 87, No. 3 - September 2014.


"""This English translation provides access to a centrally important, classic study on education and social class in Japan"" -Barbara G. Holthus, Universty of Vienna, Vienna Austria, Pacific Affairs: Volume 87, No. 3 – September 2014."


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Takehiko Kariya is Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo. He is the author of twelve books in Japanese and a number of articles in English.

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