Perspectives on Work, Employment and Society in Japan

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Names Notes on Contributors Introduction: Perspectives on Work and Employment in Japan; P.Matanle & W.Lunsing The Evolution of the Japanese Employment System in Comparative Perspective; F.Waldenberger From 'Post-war' to 'Post-bubble': Contemporary Issues for Japanese Working Women; H.Macnaughtan Beyond Lifetime Employment: Re-fabricating Japan's Employment Culture; P.Matanle Recent Changes in Compensation Prices in Large Japanese Companies: Wages, Bonuses and Corporate Pensions; H.Conrad & V.Heindorf Hard Times for the Salaryman: Corporate Restructuring and Middle Managers' Working Lives; L.McCann, J.Hassard & J.Morris Japanese Engineers Abroad: Challenge and Opportunity in Globalization; K.McCormick 'Freeters': Young Atypical Workers in Japan; Y.Honda Quitting Companies: Individual Responses to Changing Employment Patterns in Early 2000s Japan; W.Lunsing Is It Worth Doing?: Highly Educated Housewives' Attitudes towards Work; A.Sasagawa Filipino Boxers and Hosts in Japan: The Feminization and Transnational Class Subjugation of Male Labour; N.Suzuki Defining a Second Career: Volunteering among Seniors in Japan; T.Leng Leng References Index