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Case Studies on Human Rights in Japan »

Authors: Roger Goodman (Editor), Ian Neary
ISBN-13: 9781873410356, ISBN-10: 1873410352
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: May 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Roger Goodman

Book Synopsis

Japanese society is often referred to as an example of a homogeneous culture moderated by an ethos of groupism. Yet often enough homogeneity is its own worst enemy as norms are required and enforced at the centre of power to the detriment of individual and human rights.

	List of Contributors
	Acknowledgements
1	In Search of Human Rights in Japan	1
2	The Role of the Bureaucracy in the Enforcement of Human Rights	27
3	Identity, Otherness and Migrant Labour in Japan	51
4	Flags and Fanfares: The Hinomaru Flag and Kimigayo Anthem	76
5	On Introducing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Japan	109
6	Human Rights in the Japanese Mental Health System	141
7	Patients' Rights: Organ Transplantation and Brain Death in Japan	184
8	Obasuteyama in Modern Japan: Ageing, Ageism and Government Policy	222
9	Individuals Against the State? The Politics of Opposition to the Re-emergence of State Shinto	245
10	Japanese Human Rights Practice Abroad: A Case Study of Exporting Hazardous Industrial Activities	277
	Index	304

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