From class struggle to general middle-class society to divided society: Societal models of inequality in Postwar Japan

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-27

  Chiavacci, David ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EQUITY; MODELING; POST-WAR; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 45949093217     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: 14682680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyn022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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