{"product_id":"a-sociology-of-japanese-youth-from-returnees-to-neets-9780415669276","title":"A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters include case studies covering issues such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturnee children (kikokushijo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompensated dating (enjo kōsai)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorporal punishment (taibatsu)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullying (ijime)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChild abuse (jidō gyakutai)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe withdrawn youth (hikikomori) and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEETs (not in education, employment or training)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining these various social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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Goodman is Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies and Head of the Social Science Division at the University of Oxford, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuki Imoto is a Research Associate at Keio University, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTuukka Toivonen is a Junior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844448653586,"sku":"9780415669276","price":67.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fc945b8-8249-4c4f-b8d2-ef6ab48d8c48.jpg?v=1737321317","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-sociology-of-japanese-youth-from-returnees-to-neets-9780415669276","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}