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Ezra F. Vogel (July 11, 1930-December 20, 2020) was one of
America's foremost experts on Asia, mastering the Japanese and
Chinese languages and contributing important scholarly works on
both countries, and on their relationships with each other and with
the world. Starting from modest roots in an immigrant family in a
small town in Ohio, he came to Harvard in 1953 to train as a
sociologist. He then shifted his focus to Asia, spending almost the
entirety of his life at Harvard. Vogel had a dramatic impact around
the world, not only through his scholarship and the students he
trained, but also through his friendship and mentoring of
journalists, diplomats, business executives, and foreign leaders as
well as through his public policy advice and devotion to
institution building, at Harvard as well as nationally and
internationally. Active until the end, his sudden death provoked
outpourings of gratitude and grief from countless people whose
lives he had affected. The present volume, containing fond
reminiscences from 155 diverse individuals, conveys what was so
extraordinary about the character and life of Ezra Vogel.
Institutions play a pivotal role in structuring economic and social
transactions, and understanding the foundations of social norms,
networks, and beliefs within institutions is crucial to explaining
much of what occurs in modern economies. This volume integrates two
increasingly visible streams of research--economic sociology and
new institutional economics--to better understand how ties among
individuals and groups facilitate economic activity alongside and
against the formal rules that regulate economic processes via
government and law.
"Reviews"
"This volume is a welcome addition to the expanding literature on
institutional analysis. . . . Besides sociologists, we are afforded
the pleasure of contributions from anthropologists, economists,
historians, political scientists, and scholars located in schools
of law and education. . . . One of the pleasures of the volume is
the wide range of topics, times, and locales addressed by the
authors. . . . In all these diverse situations, the application of
institutional queries and approaches enhances our understanding and
appreciation of the endlessly rich and diverse nature of social
life."--"Contemporary Society"
"This admirable book makes a strong contribution to institutional
theory, has many excellent chapters . . . and is a model for
interdisciplinary exchange and cross-fertilization. . . . It is
dense with interesting ideas and points for debate, and I heartily
recommend it."--"Sociological Research Online"
Lost in Transition tells the story of the 'lost generation' that
came of age in Japan's deep economic recession in the 1990s. The
book argues that Japan is in the midst of profound changes that
have had an especially strong impact on the young generation. The
country's renowned 'permanent employment system' has unraveled for
young workers, only to be replaced by temporary and insecure forms
of employment. The much-admired system of moving young people
smoothly from school to work has frayed. The book argues that these
changes in the very fabric of Japanese postwar institutions have
loosened young people's attachment to school as the launching pad
into the world of work and loosened their attachment to the
workplace as a source of identity and security. The implications
for the future of Japanese society - and the fault lines within it
- loom large.
Lost in Transition tells the story of the 'lost generation' that
came of age in Japan's deep economic recession in the 1990s. The
book argues that Japan is in the midst of profound changes that
have had an especially strong impact on the young generation. The
country's renowned 'permanent employment system' has unraveled for
young workers, only to be replaced by temporary and insecure forms
of employment. The much-admired system of moving young people
smoothly from school to work has frayed. The book argues that these
changes in the very fabric of Japanese postwar institutions have
loosened young people's attachment to school as the launching pad
into the world of work and loosened their attachment to the
workplace as a source of identity and security. The implications
for the future of Japanese society - and the fault lines within it
- loom large.
One of the most dramatic economic changes of the past century has
been the increase in married women's work outside the home. This
volume examines the nature of married women's participation in the
economies of three East Asian countries--Japan, Taiwan, and South
Korea. In addition to asking what is similar or different about
women's economic participation in this region of the world compared
to Western societies, the book also asks how women's work patterns
vary across the three countries.
The essays focus on key theoretical questions for the study of
women's labor and, more broadly, economic gender inequality. How do
we assess the "value" of work available to married women in
different countries and cultural contexts? What forces promote or
hinder women's work outside the home throughout marriage and
childrearing? Does wage employment necessarily benefit women more
than the "informal" sector (e.g., family-run businesses)? Is
full-time work always more desirable than part-time work? Do women
who return to the labor force after absences due to family
responsibilities incur a heavy wage penalty for interrupted
careers? The essays balance comparative assessments in a broad East
Asian context with detailed investigations of one or more questions
in the context of a specific country.
The studies reveal that, although all three countries share common
cultural and demographic conditions, patterns of women's economic
participation are distinctly different in Taiwan from those in
Japan and South Korea. Whereas women's participation in Taiwan's
economy shows striking similarities to many Western countries,
married women in Japan and Korea participate less in the economy,
and their earnings differ more from men's than in Taiwan or the
West. Why is Taiwan more similar to the West while Japan and South
Korea are more similar to each other? The book draws on a broad
range of materials to explain this puzzle.
One of the explanations advanced is that overall labor demand, a
greater supply of highly educated men, and more rigid work
conditions (especially in large firms) in Japan and South Korea are
major obstacles to the equal economic participation of married
women in those countries. Also, the greater flexibility in work
demands and work hours prevalent in Taiwan is complemented by
relatively weaker patriarchal values in the family.
One of the most dramatic economic changes of the past century has
been the increase in married women's work outside the home. This
volume examines the nature of married women's participation in the
economies of three East Asian countries--Japan, Taiwan, and South
Korea. In addition to asking what is similar or different about
women's economic participation in this region of the world compared
to Western societies, the book also asks how women's work patterns
vary across the three countries.
The essays focus on key theoretical questions for the study of
women's labor and, more broadly, economic gender inequality. How do
we assess the "value" of work available to married women in
different countries and cultural contexts? What forces promote or
hinder women's work outside the home throughout marriage and
childrearing? Does wage employment necessarily benefit women more
than the "informal" sector (e.g., family-run businesses)? Is
full-time work always more desirable than part-time work? Do women
who return to the labor force after absences due to family
responsibilities incur a heavy wage penalty for interrupted
careers? The essays balance comparative assessments in a broad East
Asian context with detailed investigations of one or more questions
in the context of a specific country.
The studies reveal that, although all three countries share common
cultural and demographic conditions, patterns of women's economic
participation are distinctly different in Taiwan from those in
Japan and South Korea. Whereas women's participation in Taiwan's
economy shows striking similarities to many Western countries,
married women in Japan and Korea participate less in the economy,
and their earnings differ more from men's than in Taiwan or the
West. Why is Taiwan more similar to the West while Japan and South
Korea are more similar to each other? The book draws on a broad
range of materials to explain this puzzle.
One of the explanations advanced is that overall labor demand, a
greater supply of highly educated men, and more rigid work
conditions (especially in large firms) in Japan and South Korea are
major obstacles to the equal economic participation of married
women in those countries. Also, the greater flexibility in work
demands and work hours prevalent in Taiwan is complemented by
relatively weaker patriarchal values in the family.
This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the
Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end
jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its
status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical
materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive interviews in
Japan, Mary Brinton provides an in-depth and original examination
of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic
growth.
Brinton finds that the educational system, the workplace, and the
family in Japan have shaped the opportunities open to female
workers. Women move in and out of the workforce depending on their
age and family duties, a great disadvantage in a system that
emphasizes seniority and continuous work experience. Brinton
situates the vicious cycle that perpetuates traditional gender
roles within the concept of human capital development, whereby
Japanese society "underinvests" in the capabilities of women. The
effects of this underinvestment are reinforced indirectly as women
sustain male human capital through unpaid domestic labor and
psychological support.
Brinton provides a clear analysis of a society that remains
misunderstood, but whose economic transformation has been watched
with great interest by the industrialized world.
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