From credential society to "learning capital" society: A rearticulation of class formation in Japanese education and society

Social Class in Contemporary Japan: Structures, Sorting and Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-113

  Kariya, Takehiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 79953232262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203869154     Document Type: Chapter

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