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Base towns: Local contestation of the US military in Korea and Japan. By Claudia Junghyun Kim, New York: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp. 228. £58.00 (hardback). ISBN:978-019-76-6527-5

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12172

Keisuke Mori

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Gendered pathways: The relationship between portable skills from fields of study and labor market outcomes in Japan

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12171

Hansol Lee

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Educational assortative mating in Japan: Insights into social change and stratification. By Fumiya Uchikoshi, James M. Raymo, Singapore: Springer. 2021. pp. 124, ISBN: 978-981-16-3712-4 日本的教育同配现象：对社会变迁和分层的洞察》。FumiyaUchikoshi, James M. Raymo 著，新加坡：pp.2021. 第 124 页，ISBN：978-981-16-3712-4

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12163

Sho Fujihara

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Precarious Asia: Global capitalism and work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. By Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison, Kwang-Yeong Shin, Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2022. pp. 248. $80 (hardback). ISBN: 9781503610255 不稳定的亚洲：全球资本主义与日本、韩国和印度尼西亚的工作。作者：Arne L.Kalleberg、KevinHewison、Kwang-YeongShin，斯坦福大学出版社：斯坦福大学出版社。2022年。248页。80 美元（精装本）。ISBN: 9781503610255

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12158

Hiroaki Richard Watanabe

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Review of Schieder, Chelsea Szendi. 2021. Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press 回顾《Schieder》，Chelsea Szendi。2021.Coed Revolution：日本新左派中的女学生》。北卡罗来纳州达勒姆：杜克大学出版社

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12155

Robin M. LeBlanc

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Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12169

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Women's career development through everyday life in post-war Japan: Survey of the Shufuren (the Japanese Association of Consumer Organizations) 战后日本妇女在日常生活中的职业发展：日本消费者组织协会调查

Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12165

Takako Hama

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Careers in “woman-friendly” occupations: Investigating the role of beauty consultant in the era of neoliberalism 女性友好型 "职业：调查美容顾问在新自由主义时代的作用

Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12161

Riho Nagayama, Fumika Sato

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Career formation of Japanese women entrepreneurs 日本女企业家的职业发展

Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12168

YounHee Lee

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Introduction: Women's careers in the midst of diversifying change 导言：多样化变革中的女性职业生涯

Japanese Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12167

Fumiya Onaka, Akwi Seo, Kaori Takahashi, Rokuro Tabuchi

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