The Japan Teachers' Union, which represents 500,000 elementary and
lower secondary school teachers, is an important interest group in
Japanese politics. It is especially significant as a radical group
operating both within and outside the political system and in
direct conflict with conservative government policies in education
and other areas of domestic and foreign policy. Donald R.
Thurston's descriptive and analytic study of this most
controversial labor union reveals a great deal about Japan's
educational and political systems, and about the teaching
profession in Japan and its relations with government and the
community. It will therefore be of great interest both to political
scientists and to those interested in comparative education. The
purpose of this broad cross-sectional case study of the Japan
Teachers' Union was to find out how much influence it has had on
its own members and on the formulation and implementation of
educational policies. The conclusion is that the union is much more
influential at the local level where educational policies are
implemented, and changed in the process of implementation, than at
the national level where policy is formulated. It also shows that
the Japan Teachers' Union has changed teachers' attitudes towards
their roles, and that although the JTU is attached to the left-wing
Japan Socialist Party, it is much more autonomous than has been
thought. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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