Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan: Educational Credentials, Class and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective

By Hiroshi Ishida

The book is a study of intergenerational class mobility and the process of socioeconomic status attainment in contemporary Japan. The idea of 'Japan as an educational credential society' has been debated for a long time in Japan. The book empirically evaluates this idea within the framework of a cross-national comparison with the United States and Britain. The author also examines the patterns of class mobility in Japan within a cross-national perspective and reports similarities and differences in the mobility patterns among the three societies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333644476
• ISBN13: 9780333644478
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"