Case Studies on Human Rights in Japan
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 1996
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-873410-35-6 (ISBN)
Description
Japanese society is often referred to as an example of a homogeneous culture moderated by an ethos of groupism. Yet often enough homogeneity is its own worst enemy as norms are required and enforced at the centre of power to the detriment of individual and human rights.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kent
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Curzon Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-873410-35-6 (9781873410356)
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Roger Goodman | Ian Neary
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Case Studies on Human Rights in Japan
E-Book
06/2013
Routledge
€68.49
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Persons
Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of Japan Fellow Roger Goodman (University of Oxford, UK Ian Neary (University of Essex University of Oxford, UK
Content
1. In Search of Human Rights in Japan, 2. The Role of the Bureaucracy in the Enforcement of Human Rights, 3. Identity, Otherness and Migrant Labour in Japan, 4. Flags and Fanfares: The Hinomaru Flag and Kimigayo Anthem, 5. On Introducing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Japan, 6. Human Rights in the Japanese Mental Health System, 7. Patients' Rights: Organ Transplantation and Brain Death in Japan, 8. Obasuteyama in Modern Japan: Ageing, Ageism and Government Policy 9. Individuals Against the State? The Politics of Opposition to the Re-emergence of State Shinto 10. Japanese Human Rights Practice Abroad: A Case Study of Exporting Hazardous Industrial Activities