Japanese Education and Society in Transition : A Sociology of Education Reforms, Opportunities, and Mass Education (Hardcover)

Introduction  1. Education Reforms under Globalization  2. Egalitarianism in Japanese Education  3. Resource Distribution in Compulsory Education and Reform Effects  4. Incentive Divide Emerging From Overly Idealistic Education Reforms  5. From Credential Society to "Learning Capital" Society  6. Expanding Opportunities for University and Social Inequality  7. Credential Inflation and ‘Japanized’ Consequences of University education  Conclusion