Individualizing Japan: Searching for its origin in first modernity

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-538

  Suzuki, Munenori ^a   Ito, Midori ^b   Ishida, Mitsunori ^b   Nihei, Norihiro ^a   Maruyama, Masao ^c  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Company centrism; Developmentalism; Individualization; Japan; Risk; Social security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956592585     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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