A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs

by Yuki Imoto and Tuukka Toivonen

Book Overview

Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led to major concerns within the country itself. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork, the authors of this volume set these issues in a clearly articulated 'social constructionist' framework, and put forth a sociology of Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415669278
• ISBN13: 9780415669276
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"