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The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies
Edited by:
- James D Babb - University of Newcastle, UK
December 2014 | 672 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society.
- Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford
"I know no better book for an accessible and up-to-date introduction to this complex subject than The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japan Studies."
- Hiroko Takeda, Associate Professor, Organization for Global Japanese Studies, University of Tokyo
"Pioneering and nuanced in analysis, yet highly accessible and engaging in style."
- Yoshio Sugimoto, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
- Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford
"I know no better book for an accessible and up-to-date introduction to this complex subject than The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japan Studies."
- Hiroko Takeda, Associate Professor, Organization for Global Japanese Studies, University of Tokyo
"Pioneering and nuanced in analysis, yet highly accessible and engaging in style."
- Yoshio Sugimoto, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies includes outstanding contributions from a diverse group of leading academics from across the globe. This volume is designed to serve as a major interdisciplinary reference work and a seminal text, both rigorous and accessible, to assist students and scholars in understanding one of the major nations of the world.
James D. Babb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.
James Babb
Introduction
PART I: LAND, HISTORY AND CULTURE
Andrew Cobbing
Modern Japan in History
Carolyn Stevens
Anthropology of Modern Japan
Lucia Dolce
The Practice of Religion in Japan: An Exploration of the State of the Field
Katja Valaskivi
Mass Media in Japan
Noriaki Nishiyama
Heritage Management in Present-day Japan
Mary McDonald
Geography’s Contribution in Japanese Studies
Anthony Rausch
Regionalism and the Local
PART II: SOCIETY
Robert W. Aspinall
Education
Vera Mackie
Feminism
Mark McLelland
‘How to Sex’? The Contested Nature of Sexuality in Japan
Joyce Gelb
Gender Equity in Japan
David T. Johnson
Policing in Japan
Peter Hill
Organised Crime
PART III: MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE
Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. Fetters
A Brief History of Japanese Medicine
Jonathan E. Rodnick, Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. Fetters
Health Care in Japan: Excellent Population Health, Low Medical Expenditures, yet Ambiguous Place of Primary Care
Michael D. Fetters and Izumi Yokoyama
Medical Education in Japan
Michael D. Fetters
Bioethics and Medico-legal Issues in Japan
Denise St. Arnault
Mental Health in Japan
PART IV: POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
James Babb
Political 'Science' and the Study of Japanese Politics
Kenneth Mori McElwain
Parties and Election in Japan
Sherry Martin Murphy
Postwar Democracy
Yuko Kawato, Robert Pekkanen and Hidehiro Yamamoto
Civil Society in Japan
Christopher W. Hughes
Japan’s International Relations
Hugo Dobson
Japan and Globalization
Paul Midford
Japan-United States Relations
Caroline Rose
Foreign Relations with China
PART V: ECONOMY
Marcus Rebick
The Japanese Economy
Parissa Haghirian
Japanese Business and Management
Parissa Haghirian
Japanese Consumers and Consumerism
Akira Suzuki
Labor Relations
Gabriele Vogt
Foreign Workers in Japan
Aurelia George Mulgan
Agriculture
Alexandru P. Luta and Paul Midford
Energy
