(Apologies for cross-posting)


Dear Colleagues,


please allow me to draw your attention to the following publication:



Contemporary Japanese Sociology (three volumes)
Edited by Jun Kobayashi (Seikei University), Junya Tsutsui (Ritsumeikan University), Masayuki Kanai (Senshu University), Naoki Sudo (Gakushuin University)



I include more information on the content of the book below.


The publication is rather an investment, but surely of value to any library.
The publisher has provided us with flyers offering a 25% discount for purchases from outside of Japan (Sorry about that. Also, whether this also covers the US was not clear yet, but I hope to have an answer on this soon).
In case you are interested, please drop me a line and I am happy to send you the pdf-flyer.


With best wishes,



Carola Hommerich


_I here include the publishers' book blurp as well as the table of contents:_

Japanese sociology emerged by inculcating concepts from European and American sociology. However, it evolved in its own way and has tried to theorize and empirically understand human experiences. Therefore, its accumulated knowledge and wisdom is expected to provide valuable lessons to the world at large.

Contemporary Japanese Sociology aims at showcasing what Japanese sociology has attained and its expected future course. The editors of this unique collection have brought together the best and most challenging contributions in the field.

The title is organized into two parts. The first part deals with empirical works. It focuses on social inequality in the global society--inequalities in education, occupation, income, family formation--and cultural activities in Japan, Asia, and the world. Japanese sociology has produced significant contributions based on theory-driven, rigorous empirical research.

The second part deals with theoretical developments. It covers mathematical and rational choice sociology, two research streams that have dramatically developed in Japan. This part discusses problems of social dilemmas, social networks, and relative deprivation.

Emphasis has been placed on ensuring the articles are cutting-edge in each field, to advance the understanding of fundamental social processes. The volumes aim to bridge Japanese sociology with sociology in the rest of the world, thereby broadening the sociological horizon.

This work is published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology.



_Table of Contents:_
Editor's Introduction: Contemporary Japanese Sociology (Jun Kobayashi)

Volume 1
Part 1: Social Inequality in the Global Society
Introduction (Junya Tsutsui)
A Methodological Inquiry into Social Mobility (Saburo Yasuda)
Intergenerational Class Mobility in Post-war Japan (Hiroshi Ishida, John Goldthorpe and Robert Erikson)
A Note on Modernity and its Deconstruction: Metamorphosis of Civilization (Takatoshi Imada)
Changes in the Labor Market and Occupational Prestige Scores (Junsuke Hara)
Social Stratification, Intermediary Groups and Creation of Trustfulness (Arinori Yosano, Nahoko Hayashi)
Marriage Market Mismatches in Japan: An Alternative View of the Relationship between Women's Education and Marriage (James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa)
Has the Youth Labor Market in Japan Changed? An Event History Analysis Approach (Wataru Nakazawa)
Decomposition of Inequality Among Groups by Counterfactual Modeling: An Analysis of The Gender Wage Gap in Japan (Kazuo Yamaguchi)
Class Awareness in Japan and the U.S. Expansion and Stability (Toru Kikkawa, Sho Fujihara)
Trust and Subjective Well-being after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown: Preliminary Results (Carola Hommerich)
The Transitional Phase of Mate Selection in East Asian Countries (Junya Tsutsui)
Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Its Aftermath: A Survey of Futaba District (Setsuko Hashimoto)
Who Supports Redistributive Policies in Contemporary Japan? An Integrative Approach to Self-interest and Trust Models (Kikuko Nagayoshi and Yoshimichi Sato)
Labor Market Institutions and Job Mobility in Asian Societies: A Comparative Study of Japan and Taiwan (Hiroshi Kanbayashi and Hirohisa Takenoshita)



Volume 2
Part 1: Social Inequality in the Global Society (Contd.)
Leaving the West, Rejoining the East? Gender and Family in Japan's Semi-Compressed Modernity (Emiko Ochiai)
Understanding Intra-Regional Variation in Gender Inequality in East Asia: Decomposition of Cross-National Differences in the Gender Earnings Gap (Young-Mi Kim and Sawako Shirahase)
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Japan's Civil Society: Context, Reactions, and Policy Impacts (Koichi Hasegawa)
Social Capital and Mental Health among Brazilian Immigrants in Japan (Hirohisa Takenoshita)
The 'comfort Women' Issue and the Embedded Culture of Sexual Violence in Contemporary Japan (Muta Kazue)
Decline of Real Love and Rise of Virtual Love: Love in Asia (Masahiro Yamada)



Part 2: Mathematical and Rational Choice Sociology
Introduction (Masayuki Kanai)
A Model of Relative Deprivation (Kenji Kosaka)
A Continuous Model for the Theory of Organizational Structure (Kazuo Seiyama)
Formulation of Commons Dilemma: Dawes Model Reconsidered (Michio Umino)
An Analytical Approach to the "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" (Jun'ichi Kobayashi)
Three Structural Theories of Collective Action: How Well Do They Apply to Peasant Rebellion in Nineteenth-century Japan? (Daishiro Nomiya)
Reciprocity, Trust, and the Sense of Control a Cross-societal Study (Nahoko Hayashi, Elinor Ostrom, James Walker, and Toshio Yamagishi)
The Emergence of Generalized Exchange (Nobuyuki Takahashi)



Volume 3
Part 2: Mathematical and Rational Choice Sociology (Contd.)
Unanimous Opinions in Social Influence Networks (Jun Kobayashi)
Properties of Learning Models in Collective Action: A Rationality of Backward-looking Players (Tatsuhiro Shichijo, Yasuto Nakano)
Whole-Net Base and Social Capital: Stratified Opportunity Structure of Social Capital (Kazuto Misumi)
Market, Trust, and Inequality: An Agent-based Model of Effect of Market Attractiveness on Trusting Behavior and Inequality (Yoshimichi Sato)
Some Conceptual Problems of Social Capital: Tie, Strength of Tie and Trust (Kazuharu Tsuzuki)
The Promotion and Evolution of Cooperation Through Projection: Implications for Social Dilemmas and Trust (Yusuke Kanazawa)
Decision and Justification in the Social Dilemma of Recycling. I.: A Two-stage Model of Rational Choice and Cognitive Dissonance Reduction (Kunihiro Kimura, Mikiko Shinoki)
Does Shared Group Membership Promote Altruism? Fear, Greed, and Reputation (Toshio Yamagishi, Nobuhiro Mifune)
A Model of a Nested Small-world Network (Masaki Tomochi)
A Paradox of Economic Growth and Relative Deprivation (Atsushi Ishida , Kenji Kosaka, Hiroshi Hamada)
Labor Union Members Play an OLG Repeated Game (Michihiro Kandoi and Shinya Obayashi)
In-group Favoritism Due to Friend Selection Strategies Based on Fixed Tag and Within-group Reputation (Yutaka Nakai)
The Effects of Women's Labor Force Participation: An Explanation of Changes in Household Income Inequality (Naoki Sudo)



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Carola Hommerich, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Letters,
Hokkaido University
N.10 W.7 Kita-ku
Sapporo 060-0810
JAPAN
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Email: hommerich@let.hokudai.ac.jp
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Recently published:


Nate Breznau & Carola Hommerich, The limits of inequality: Public support for social policy across rich democracies, forthcoming in International Journal of Social Welfare
DOI:10.1111/ijsw.12341
Preprints available at: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/rbpj5/


Carola Hommerich & Tim Tiefenbach, 2018: The Structure of Happiness: Why Young Japanese Might be Happy After All. In: Heinrich, Patrick; Galan, Christian (eds.): Being Young in Super-Aging Japan. Formative Events and Cultural Reactions. London: Routledge, pp. 132-149.


David Chiavacci & Carola Hommerich (eds.), 2017: Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan.Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation. (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)


Carola Hommerich & Tim Tiefenbach, 2017:
Analyzing the Relationship Between Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Social Affiliation, Journal of Happiness Studies, doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9859-9.