Bad Youth - Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-520-24579-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 309 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 568 g

The first in-depth study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, Bad Youth treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state structures and new forms of social power. Focusing on the years of rapid industrialization and imperialist expansion (1895 to 1945), David R. Ambaras challenges widely held conceptions of a Japan that did not, until recently, experience delinquency and related youth problems. He vividly reconstructs numerous individual life stories in the worlds of home, school, work, and the streets, and he relates the changes that took place during this time of social transformation to the broader processes of capitalist development, nation-state formation, and imperialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ambaras, David R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Unruly Youth and the Early Modern Polity
2. Assimilating the Lower Classes
3. Civilizing "Degenerate Students"
4. Popularizing Protection
5. Preparing Modern Workers, Policing Modern Play
6. Juvenile Delinquency and the National Defense State

Epilogue: The Century of Juvenile Protection
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David R. Ambaras is Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina State University.