科目コード GSA0200900
科目名 日本社会国際比較特論
英文科目名 Interantional Comparative Study on Japanese Society
担当者 ｽｲｯﾍﾟﾙ ﾊﾟﾄﾘｼｱ
単位数 2.0
配当年次 １年



テーマ・内容
Theme: Contemporary Japan in Comparative Context

This class aims to enrich your understanding of contemporary Japanese society by examining some of its institutions, trends, and issues in a comparative and historical context. It aims to help you answer two basic questions:
(1) To what extent are Japan's institutions, trends, and issues similar to those of other comparably developed societies?
(2) How is Japan distinctive, and will (should) it remain so?
The course will be based on lectures, reading and discussion. Topics will include: a) family, b) work and economic life; c) youth; and d)race, ethnicity and migration. We will approach each topic through a general sociological overview based on the work of Anthony Giddens, followed by a study of the specific experience of contemporary Japan.
授業計画
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The Idea of "Exceptional" Japan
Week 3 Anthony Giddens and the Study of Contemporary
Societies in International Perspective
Weeks 4-5 Family
Weeks 6-7 Work and Economic Life
Weeks 8-9 Youth
Weeks 10-11 Race, Ethnicity and Migration
Weeks 12-13 Presentations
教科書
1. 『Anthony Giddens』 Sociology Polity Press 2006 (5th ed.)
参考書
1. 『社会学』 アンソニー ギデンズ 而立書房 2004年（第4版）
2. 『The Changing Japanese Family』 Marcus Rebick and Ayumi Takenaka Routledge 2006
3. 『A Sociology of Work in Japan』 Ross E. Mouer and Kawanishi Hirosuke Cambridge University Press 2005
4. 『Japan and Global Migration: Foreign Workers and the Advent of a Multicultural Society 』 Mike Douglass and Glenda Susan Roberts University of Hawaii Press 2003
成績評価の方法・基準
Grades will be based on class participation, the final presentation, and the final report.　
要望・注意
You are expected to prepare the readings, present information, and participate actively in class discussion.
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You do not need to be a good speaker of English to take this class. Our classroom language choices will be flexible. You may prepare your presentation and report either in English or in Japanese. However, many of the class materials will be written in English.