Description: Teachers and Politics in Japan, Paperback by Thurston, Donald R., ISBN 0691618909, ISBN-13 9780691618906, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
The Japan Teachers Union, which represents 500,000 elementary and lower secondary school teachers, is an important interest group in Japanese politics. It is especially significant as a radical group operating both within and outside the political system and in direct conflict with conservative government policies in education and other areas of domestic and foreign policy.
Donald R. Thurstons descriptive and analytic study of this most controversial labor union reveals a great deal about Japans educational and political systems, and about the teaching profession in Japan and its relations with government and the community. It will therefore be of great interest both to political scientists and to those interested in comparative education.
The purpose of this broad cross-sectional case study of the Japan Teachers Union was to find out how much influence it has had on its own members and on the formulation and implementation of educational policies. The conclusion is that the union is much more influential at the local level where educational policies are implemented, and changed in the process of implementation, than at the national level where policy is formulated. It also shows that the Japan Teachers Union has changed teachers attitudes towards their roles, and that although the JTU is attached to the left-wing Japan Socialist Party, it is much more autonomous than has been thought.
Originally published in 1973.
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Book Title: Teachers and Politics in Japan
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Teachers and Politics in Japan
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Donald R. Thurston
Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
