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Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era

Refabricating Lifetime Employment Relations

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About the Book

Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era provides an in-depth examination of one of the most central and defining aspects of capitalist modernity in contemporary Japan - the lifetime employment system.
Contrary to the popular hypothesis that the lifetime employment system and the values of the 'salaryman' are changing in response to both the globalization of market capitalism and the achievement of material affluence, this book controversially argues that there has not been a fundamental transformation of the system's underlying structures.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Researching Japanese Modernity 2. Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in Theoretical Perspective 3. Lifetime Employment in Post-War Japan 4. Re-Fabricating Lifetime Employment Relations 5. Working Under Changing Employment Relations 6. Conclusion: Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era

About the Author(s)

Peter C. D. Matanle is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield and has previously worked at Niigata University in Japan. He is the founder and general editor of the electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies.