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Molding Japanese minds : the state in everyday life /

How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? And to care for the elderly within the family? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? What roles have women's groups played in Japan's "...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garon, Sheldon M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
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505 0 0 |t Front matter --  |t Contents --  |t Illustrations --  |t Abbreviations --  |t Preface --  |t Social Management: An Introduction --  |t PART ONE. STATE AND SOCIETY BEFORE 1945 --  |t 1. The Evolution of "Japanese-Style" Welfare --  |t 2. Defining Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy --  |t 3. The World's Oldest Debate? Regulating Prostitution and Illicit Sexuality --  |t 4. Integrating Women into Public Life: Women's Groups and the State --  |t PART TWO. SOCIAL MANAGEMENT IN POSTWAR JAPAN --  |t 5. Re-creating the Channels of Moral Suasion --  |t 6. Sexual Politics and the Feminization of Social Management --  |t 7. Managing Spiritual Life and Material Well-Being --  |t Epilogue --  |t Notes --  |t Bibliography --  |t Interviews --  |t Index 
520 |a How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? And to care for the elderly within the family? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? What roles have women's groups played in Japan's "economic miracle"? What actually unites the Japanese to achieve so many economic and social goals that have eluded other polities? Here Sheldon Garon helps us to understand this mobilizing spirit as he taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government. To an extent inconceivable to most Westerners, state directives trickle into homes, religious groups, and even into individuals' sex lives, where they are frequently welcomed by the Japanese and reinforced by their neighbors. In a series of five compelling case studies, Garon demonstrates how average citizens have cooperated with government officials in the areas of welfare, prostitution, and household savings, and in controlling religious "cults" and promoting the political participation of women. The state's success in creating a nation of activists began before World War II, and has hinged on campaigns that mobilize the people behind various policies and encourage their involvement at the local level. For example, neighborhoods have been socially managed on a volunteer basis by small-business owners and housewives, who strive to rid their locales of indolence and to contain welfare costs. The story behind the state regulation of prostitution is a more turbulent one in which many lauded the flourishing brothels for preserving Japanese tradition and strengthening the "family system," while others condemned the sexual enslavement of young women. In each case, we see Japanese citizens working closely with the state to recreate "community" and shape the thought and behavior of fellow citizens. The policies often originate at the top, but in the hands of activists they take on added vigor. This phenomenon, which challenges the conventional dichotomy of the "state" versus the "people," is well worth exploring as Western governments consider how best to manage their own changing societies. 
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