Conflict in Japan

Published by University of Hawaii Press 1984

Conflict in Japan

Edited by: Ellis S. Krauss , Thomas P. Rohlen and Patricia G. Steinhoff

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824844165

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Social and political conflict in postwar Japan is the subject of this volume, which draws together a series of field-based studies by North American and Japanese sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists. It focuses attention on the sources of conflict and the ways in which conflict is expressed and managed. This book challenges the widely held theories stressing the harmony and vertical structure of social relations in Japan, which imply that conflict is only of minimal importance. Not only does the research presented here force recognition of the existence and complexity of conflict patterns in Japan, its approach to conflict provides a dynamic, empirical, and interdisciplinary focus on social and political processes in the postwar period.

The editors' theoretical introduction is followed by a general conceptual piece by one of Japan's foremost sociologists. Ten empirical studies, each offering both new data and new insights on known data about Japanese social and political systems, analyze conflict and conflict resolution in interpersonal relations, industrial relations, education, rural villages, government bureaucracy, parliament, political parties, and interest groups, including how they are manifested in women's and student protest movements and portrayed in the mass media. Western social science conflict theories are applied to enhance our understanding of both the universal and the unique elements in Japanese social and political institutions.

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Steinhoff Patricia G. :

Patricia G. Steinhoff is professor of sociology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
PART I: Introduction
1. Conflict: An Approach to the Study of Japan Ellis S. Krauss, Thomas P. Rohlen and Patricia G. Steinhoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Conflict and Its Accommodation: Omote-Ura and Uchi-Soto Relations Takeshi Ishida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
PART II: Conflict in Interpersonal Relations: Individuals, Families, and Villages
3. Nonconfrontational Strategies for Management of Interpersonal Conflicts Takie Sugiyama Lebra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Analysis of Conflict in a Television Home Drama Agnes M. Niyekawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5. Spirit Possession and Village Conflict Teigo Yoshida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
PART III: Conflict in Movements and Organizations: Labor, Education, and Women
6. Conflict and Its Resolution in Industrial Relations and Labor Law Tadashi Hanami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7. Conflict in Institutional Environments: Politics in Education Thomas P. Rohlen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
8. Student Conflict Patricia G. Steinhoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
9 Status Conflict: The Rebellion of the Tea Pourers Susan J. Pharr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
PART IV: Conflict in the Political Process: Parties, Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups
10. Conflict in the Diet: Toward Conflict Management in Parliamentary Politics Ellis S. Krauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
11. Policy Conflict and Its Resolution tvithin the Governmental System John Creighton Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
12. Conflict over Government Authority and Markets: Japan's Rice Economy Michael W. Donnelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
PART V: Conclusion
13. Conflict and Its Resolution in Postwar Japan Ellis S. Krauss, Thomas P. Rohlen and Patricia G. Steinhoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 428

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Published: May 25, 2021
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