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"This study is a result of three continuous years of fieldwork in a hamlet in rural Japan. The data presented and analyzed here consist of records from participant observation, formal and informal interviews, casual conversation and formal questionnaires, and public and private documents. The s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marshall, Robert C., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1984.
Colección:Michigan papers in Japanese studies ; no. 11.
Temas:
Group decision making > Japan > Aichi-ken > Case studies.
Local government > Japan > Aichi-ken.
Villages > Japan > Aichi-ken > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Group decision making
Local government
Rural conditions
Villages
Aichi-ken (Japan) > Rural conditions > Case studies.
Japan > Aichi-ken
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Collective Decisions and Rural Society
  • Harmony, Unanimity, and Collective Decision Making
  • Hamlet Society and Productive Exchange Relations
  • Chapter 2: Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decisions: a Theory of Group Decision Making
  • The Paradox of Price
  • Defection-reducing Mechanisms
  • Forms of Exchange and Defection Reduction
  • Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Rate of Exchange
  • Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decision Making
  • Chapter 3: Hamlet Social Organization and Financial Structure
  • Hamlet Membership and Recruitment
  • Hamlet Internal Organization
  • Hamlet Offices
  • Subhamlet Groups
  • Funding the Hamlet
  • Chapter 4: Decisions
  • Case 1: Softball Equipment
  • Case 2: seimaiki (Rice Polisher)
  • Case 3: Fire Pump
  • Case 4: City Water
  • Case 5: Fire Extinguishers, Gas Rings, and a Rice Cooker
  • Case 6: The English Class
  • Case 7: The Usoda bon odori
  • Chapter 5: Decisions: Division and Solidarity in Hamlet Society
  • Decision Mode and Participant Orientation
  • Minimal Criteria for Consent
  • Hidden Costs and Structural Implications
  • Incommensurability of Issues
  • Chapter 6: Conclusions
  • Notes to Chapters
  • Bibliography

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