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 ...
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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0691075530.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 6" x 8 1/2"; GOOD/ DUST JACKET GOOD. xiv, 337 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name stamp at free front endpaper. Light brown cloth boards lettered in red at spine, boards faded at spine and edges, very minor shelfwear only. Dust jacket slightly toned, price clipped. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 337pp., not illustrated. Book has mild sun to spine and edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ rubbed and toned, sun to spine, mild edgewear.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0691075530. Light edge soil & minor wear on jacket; Studies Of The East Asian Institute; 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.1 inches; 337 pages.
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