On the Margins of Japanese Society: Volunteers and the Welfare of the Urban Underclass / Edition 1

by Carolyn S. Stevens

Overview

The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact Japan has its own underclass living outside the mainstream in economic circumstances that are radically different to the more usual perception of a wealthy and sucessful society. Carolyn S. Stevens has produced a new study that intimately explores the lives of Japan's social outcasts as well as those volunteers who seek to help them and as a consequence become socially marginalized themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415146487
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/27/1997
Series:	Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carolyn S. Stevens is Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Japanese Studies Centre at Monash University, Australia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A purehabu with a view; Chapter 2 Kotobuki, the “land of longevity”; Chapter 3 The economy of welfare; Chapter 4 Taking action; Chapter 5 The human side; Chapter 6 Rituals “organized” and “disorganized”; Chapter 7 Helping out and holding back; Chapter 8 Conclusion;