DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND INEQUALITY IN JAPAN
In: Pacific affairs, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 151-153
ISSN: 0030-851X
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In: Pacific affairs, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 151-153
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: Pacific affairs, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 151-152
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: Current sociology: journal of the International Sociological Association ISA, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 146-159
ISSN: 1461-7064
This article explores the relationship between Japanese workers' persistent inner-worldly asceticism and today's globalizing economy. The interplay of values and corporate cultural practices, global market forces and individual health outcomes is illustrated in the case of an Osaka stockbroker killed by overwork (karôshi) during the 1990 Gulf War and resultant collapse of Japan's 'bubble economy'. The analysis centres on corporate documents and events which publicly valorized the broker as the embodiment of the ideal employee. The tradition of discipline, dedication and deference that he came to symbolize interacted with inequalities in the global division of labour to produce tragic consequences for him and his family. Viewed through historical, micro and macro lenses, the negative potential of such ascetic work ethics comes into focus. But the analysis also shows how such cases become catalysts for social movements that emphasize the value of care.
In: Pacific affairs, Band 84, Heft 1
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: Men and masculinities, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 121-123
ISSN: 1552-6828
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 82, Heft 4, S. 615-636
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Pacific affairs, Band 82, Heft 4, S. 615-636
ISSN: 0030-851X
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