Readings

Readings marked * are additional required readings for the 9-unit subject.

Readings by Session

SES # TOPICS READINGS
I. Lectures
1 Politics and history

Sasada, Hironori. "Youth and Nationalism in Japan." SAIS Review 26, no. 2 (2006): 109-122.

Buy at Amazon McCargo, Duncan. Contemporary Japan. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2004, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780333961926.

Grimes, William. "Reassessing Amakudari: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?" Journal of Japanese Studies 31, no. 2 (2005): 385-397.

* Gluck, Carol. "The Idea of Showa." Daedalus 119, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 1-26.

* Passin, Herbert. "The Occupation: Some Reflections." Daedalus 119, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 107-130.

* Buy at Amazon Johnson, Chalmers. "Omote (Explicit) and Ura (Implicit): Translating Japanese Political Terms." Chapter 8 in Japan: Who Governs?: The Rise of the Developmental State. New York, NY: Norton, 1994. ISBN: 9780393314502.

2 Economy and technology

Buy at Amazon Vogel, Steven K. Japan Remodeled: How Government and Industry are Reforming Japanese Capitalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780801473715.

Buy at Amazon McCargo, Duncan. Contemporary Japan. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2004, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780333961926.

The Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century. "The Frontier Within: Individual Empowerment and Better Governance in the New Millennium." January 2000.

* Buy at Amazon Samuels, Richard J. Rich Nation, Strong Army: National Security and Japan's Technological Transformation. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996, chapter 2. ISBN: 9780801499944.

3 Education and the workplace

Buy at Amazon Eades, J. S., Roger Goodman, and Yumiko Hada. "Whither the Japanese University: An Introduction to the 2004 Higher Education Reforms in Japan." Chapter 1 in The "Big Bang" in Japanese Higher Education: The 2004 Reforms and the Dynamics of Change. Melbourne, Australia: Trans Pacific Press, 2005. ISBN: 9781876843236.

Buy at Amazon Allison, Anne. "Producing Mothers." In Reimaging Japanese Women. Edited by Anne Imamura. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996, pp. 135-155. ISBN: 9780520202634.

Buy at Amazon Cutts, Robert L. An Empire of Schools: Japan's Universities and the Molding of a National Power Elite. New York, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997, pp. 97-113. ISBN: 9781563248436.

* Shipper, Apichai. "Criminals or Victims? The Politics of Illegal Foreigners in Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies 31, no. 2 (2005): 299-327.

* Buy at Amazon Schoppa, Leonard J. Race for the Exits: The Unraveling of Japan's System of Social Protection. 2nd ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780801474453.

4 Community and civil society

Schwartz, Frank. "Civil Society in Japan Reconsidered." Japanese Journal of Political Science 3, no. 2 (2002): 195-215.

Buy at Amazon Nakane, Chie. Japanese Society. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1970, chapter 1. ISBN: 9780520016422.

* Buy at Amazon Itō, Kimio. "The Invention of Wa and the Transformation of the Image of Prince Shōtoku in Modern Japan." Chapter 3 in Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan. Edited by Stephen Vlastos. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520206373.

* Buy at Amazon Inoue, Shun. "The Invention of the Martial Arts." Chapter 11 in Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan. Edited by Stephen Vlastos. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520206373.

II. Seminars
5 Politics and history

Buy at Amazon McCargo, Duncan. Contemporary Japan. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2004, chapters 5 and 6. ISBN: 9780333961926.

Buy at Amazon Vogel, Steven K. Japan Remodeled: How Government and Industry are Reforming Japanese Capitalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780801473715.

* Buy at Amazon Field, Norma. "Okinawa: A Supermarket Owner." Chapter 1 in In the Realm of a Dying Emperor. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1993. ISBN: 9780679741893.

6 Economy and technology

"Tuning the Hybrid: A Special Report on Business in Japan." The Economist, December 1, 2007. [a collection of seven articles.]

Buy at Amazon Vogel, Steven K. Japan Remodeled: How Government and Industry are Reforming Japanese Capitalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780801473715.

* Buy at Amazon Freeman, Christopher. Technology Policy and Economic Performance: Lessons from Japan. London, UK: Pinter, 1987, chapters 2 and 3. ISBN: 9780861879281.

7 Education and the workplace

Buy at Amazon Dore, Ronald, and Mari Sako. "Training in the Enterprise." Chapter 5 in How the Japanese Learn to Work. 2nd ed. Edited by Ronald Dore. London, UK: Routledge, 1998. ISBN: 9780415153454.

Ghosn, Carlos. "Saving the Business without Losing the Company." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 1 (2002): 37-45.

Buy at Amazon Kumazawa, Makoto. Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996, chapters 8 and 9. ISBN: 9780813317083.

8 Community and civil society

Buy at Amazon Gercik, Patricia. "Trust Me," and "Believe Me." In On Track with the Japanese: A Case-By-Case Approach to Building Successful Relationships. New York, NY: Kodansha, 2001, pp. 37-174. ISBN: 9781588203984.

Buy at Amazon McCargo, Duncan. Contemporary Japan. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2004, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780333961926.

Hasegawa, Koichi, Chika Shinohara, and Jeffrey Broadbent. "Volunteerism and the State in Japan." The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, December 26, 2007.

* Buy at Amazon Maclachlan, Patricia. "The Struggle for an Independent Consumer Society." Chapter 10 in The State of Civil Society in Japan. Edited by Frank Schwartz and Susan Pharr. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780521534628.

* Buy at Amazon Hardacre, Helen. "After Aum: Religion and Civil Society in Japan." Chapter 6 in The State of Civil Society in Japan. Edited by Frank Schwartz and Susan Pharr. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780521534628.

III. Case studies and Web page presentations
9 Politics and history

Leadership case study (PDF)

* Buy at Amazon Curtis, Gerald. The Logic of Japanese Politics. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2000, chapters 1 and 6. ISBN: 9780231108430.

10 Economy and technology

International economy case study (PDF)

* Buy at Amazon McCargo, Duncan. Contemporary Japan. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2004, chapter 8. ISBN: 9780333961926.

11 Education and the workplace

Education case study (PDF)

Workplace case study (PDF)

* Buy at Amazon Gordon, Andrew. "The Invention of Japanese-Style Labor Management." Chapter 2 in Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan. Edited by Stephen Vlastos. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780520206373.

12 Community and civil society

Community case study (PDF)

* Buy at Amazon Dore, Ronald. "Goodwill and the Spirit of Capitalism." Chapter 9 in Taking Japan Seriously: A Confucian Perspective on Leading Economic Issues. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780804714013.