Toivonen, Tuukka; Goodman, Roger and Imoto, Yuki, eds. 2012. A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9780415669269 [Edited Book]

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Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led to major concerns within the country itself. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork, the authors of this volume set these issues in a clearly articulated ‘social constructionist’ framework, and put forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems which argues that there is a certain predictability about the way in which these problems are discovered, defined and dealt with.

The chapters include case studies covering issues such as:

Returnee children (kikokushijo)

Compensated dating (enjo kosai)

Corporal punishment (taibatsu)

Bullying (ijime)

Child abuse (jido gyakutai)

The withdrawn youth (hikikomori) and

NEETs (not in education, employment or training)

By examining these various social problems collectively, A Sociology of Japanese Youth explains why particular youth problems appeared when they did and what lessons they can provide for the study of youth problems in other societies.

This book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, the sociology of Japan, Japanese anthropology and the comparative sociology of youth studies.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) Research Office > REF2014
Date:	2012
Item ID:	9398
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2013 14:50
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2015 00:06
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/9398

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