Readings

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

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.

* 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.

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.

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

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.

* 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

* 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.

* 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.

Leadership case study (PDF)

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

Education case study (PDF)

Workplace case study (PDF)

* 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.