Social Science Japan Journal

Introduction:

Suehiro Akira

An Introduction to this Issue's Special Topic: ‘Atypical’ and ‘Irregular’ Labour in Contemporary Japan
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 159-160; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Sato Hiroki

Atypical Employment: A Source of Flexible Work Opportunities?
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 161-181; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osawa Mari

People in Irregular Modes of Employment: Are They Really Not Subject to Discrimination?
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 183-199; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.183 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Weathers

Changing White-collar Workplaces and Female Temporary Workers in Japan
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 201-218; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.201 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sato Hiroki, Osawa Mari, and Charles Weathers

‘Atypical’ and ‘Irregular’ Labour in Contemporary Japan: The Authors Debate
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 219-223; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.219 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inagami Takeshi

From Industrial Relations to Investor Relations? Persistence and Change in Japanese Corporate Governance, Employment Practices and Industrial Relations
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 225-241; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.225 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Okazaki Tetsuji

The Role of Holding Companies in Pre-War Japanese Economic Development: Rethinking Zaibatsu in Perspectives of Corporate Governance
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 243-268; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Essay:

Wim Lunsing

Discourses and Practices of Homosexuality in Japan: Recent Contributions to the Literature
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 269-273; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.269 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koh Sun Hui

Two Japanese Treatments of Japan's Ethnic Korean Community
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 275-279; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Noda Kimio

Collectivism and Individualism in Post-war Japanese Agriculture: Reflections on Nishida and Kase
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 281-286; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Margarita Estevez-Abe

Kigyoka no Ronri to Taisei no Kozu: Zeisei Katei ni Miru Soshiki to Do'in (The Logic of Entrepreneurs and the Structure of the System: Organization and Mobilization as Seen in the Process of the Taxation System), by Watanabe Jun. Tokyo: Bokutakusha, 2000, 323 pp., 5,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-83-322289-2)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 287-290; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.287 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dennis Patterson

Seiken Ktai to Ykensha no Taido Heny (Changes of Administration and Shifting Voter Attitudes), by Kabashima Ikuo. Tokyo: Bokutakusha, 1998, vi + 314 pp., 2,500 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-8332-2237-X)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 290-293; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.290 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrike Wöhr

jk: Nihonjin no Sei, R, Shi (Thoughts on Peaceful Passing: Japanese Views of Life, Old Age and Death), edited by Miyata Noboru and Shintani Takanori. Tokyo: Shgakukan, 2000, 349 pp., 2,800 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-09-626060-6)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 293-296; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.293 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yamashita Shinji

Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia and Oceania, edited by Jan van Bremen and Akitoshi Shimizu. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999, xi + 409 pp., $55.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-0604-6)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 297-299; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.297 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shimazono Susumu

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinriky, by Ian Reader. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 1999, xvi + 304 pp., $48.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-7007-1108-2); 2000, $22.95 (paperback ISBN 0-7007-1109-0). University of Hawaii Press, 2000, $48.00 (hardcover ISBN 0-8248-2339-7), $23.95 (paperback ISBN 0-8248-2340-0)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 300-302; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.300 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralph Lützeler

Family Change and Housing in Post-War Japanese Society: the Experiences of Older Women, by Misa Izuhara. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2000, ix + 187 pp., £37.50 (hardcover ISBN 0-7546-1284-8)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 302-305; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.302 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Makihara Izuru

Advice and Consent: The Politics of Consultation in Japan, by Frank J. Schwartz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xiv + 327 pp., $57.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-521-58048-x), $19.95 (paperback ISBN 0-521-00536-1)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 305-308; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.305 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ikeda Keiko

The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures, edited by D. P. Martinez. Cambridge, New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xi + 212 pp., $59.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-521-63128-9), $21.95 (paperback ISBN 0-521-63729-5)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 308-311; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.308 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Riessland

Pachinko Monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanischen Glücksspielindustrie (Pachinko Monogatari: Socio-cultural Exploration of the Japanese Gambling Industry), by Wolfram Manzenreiter. Munich: Iudicium Verlag GmbH, 1998, 157 pp., EUR 19.43 (paperback ISBN 3-89129-431-X)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 311-314; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.311 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sakai Junko

OL no Sz: Imisekai toshite no Jend (The Construction of OLs: Gender as a Conceptual World), by Konno Minako. Tokyo: Keis Shob, 2000, 229 pp., 2,400 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-326-65229-2)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 314-318; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.314 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katalin Ferber

Japanese Economics and Economists since 1945, edited by Aiko Ikeo. London and New York: Routledge, 2000, xiv + 296 pp., $100 (hardcover ISBN 0-415-20804-1)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 318-320; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.318 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yasuda Hiroshi

Tennsei to Kokka: Kindai Nihon no Rikken Kunshusei (The Emperor System and the State: The Constitutional Monarchy of Modern Japan), by Masuda Tomoko. Tokyo: Aoki Shoten, 1999, vii + 309 pp., 5,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-250-99013-3)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 320-324; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.320 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiraki Shino

The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan, by Andrew Gordon. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998, xii + 270 pp., $36.95 (hardcover ISBN 0-674-80577-1)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 324-326; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.324 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yamakawa Ryuichi

Rmu Shiki-ken no Gendaiteki Tenkai (Modern Developments in the Employer's Right to Direction), by Michio Tsuchida. Tokyo: Shinzan-sha, 1999, 636 pp., 18,000 yen (hardcover ISBN 4-7972-2142-9)
Social Science Japan Journal 2001 4: 327-330; doi:10.1093/ssjj/4.2.327 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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