Family-Run Universities in Japan: Sources of Inbuilt Resilience in the Face of Demographic Pressure, 1992-2030

Jeremy Breaden

ISBN 10: 019887975X / ISBN 13: 9780198879756

Published by Oxford University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Family-Run Universities in Japan: Sources of Inbuilt Resilience in the Face of Demographic Pressure, 1992-2030
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019887975X
• ISBN 13: 9780198879756
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 185 grams

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Synopsis

In Japan, almost 80% of university students attend private institutions, up to 40% of which are family businesses. This book offers a detailed historical, sociological, and ethnographic analysis of this important category of private university.

About the Author

Jeremy Breaden, Associate Professor in Japanese Studies, Monash University,Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford

Jeremy Breaden lectures in Japanese and Asian Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on education and employment systems in contemporary Japan and East Asia. His previous works include The Organisational Dynamics of University Reform in Japan (2013) and Articulating Asia in Japanese Higher Education (2018).



Roger Goodman is Nissan Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford. His previous publications include Japan's 'International Youth' (1990), Children of the Japanese State (2000), Family and Social Policy in Japan (2002), and A Sociology of Japanese Youth (2011).