E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten
Thurston Teachers and Politics in Japan
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7143-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten
Reihe: Studies of the East Asian Institute
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7143-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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. Thurston's descriptive and analytic study of this most controversial labor union reveals a great deal about Japan's 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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Frontmatter, pg. i
Acknowledgments, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
Tables, pg. xiii
I. Introduction, pg. 1
II. Prewar Origins, pg. 12
III. Postwar Origins and Struggles, pg. 40
IV. Ideology and Objectives, pg. 80
V. Organizational Structure and Union Consciousness, pg. 110
VI. Claims and Demands on the Educational Bureaucracy, pg. 174
VII. Influence on Elections and Legislation, pg. 220
VIII. Conclusion, pg. 258
APPENDIX A: The Collective Bargaining Contract Between the Council of All-Japan Teachers' Unions and the Ministry of Education, March 19, 1947, pg. 273
APPENDIX B: A Code of Ethics for Teachers, pg. 279
APPENDIX C: The Fundamental Law of Education, pg. 285
APPENDIX D: Questionnaire for Japan Teachers' Union Members, pg. 288
Bibliography, pg. 303
Index, pg. 329
The East Asian Institute of Columbia University, pg. 335
