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Internationalization of Education in Japan

Policies, Practices, and Impact

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

2 241 kr

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This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the internationalization of education in Japan, examining how national efforts to cultivate global human resources reshape education, labor markets, and social inequality.Drawing on the concept of transnational human capital and a macro–micro–macro framework, the book brings together contributions that analyze policy discourse, institutional practices, mobility infrastructures, and individual life-course trajectories, demonstrating that internationalization is not a linear or purely policy-driven process, but one deeply embedded in Japan’s coordinated institutional context. By examining initiatives to promote internationalization in Japan, it reveals just how their outcomes remain uneven and contingent upon institutional recognition and labor market integration, highlighting that internationalization can both create new opportunities and reinforce existing inequalities. It advances current debates by highlighting the limits of mobility-centered approaches and calling for a shift toward more inclusive, institutionally integrated forms of internationalization that link global experiences to meaningful educational and social outcomes.Providing nuanced empirical and theoretical insights into the dynamics of globalization in a non-Western context, this book will be a valuable resource to scholars and students of sociology, education, and Japanese studies.

Shadow Education and Social Inequalities in Japan

Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications

AvSteve R. Entrich

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

1 376 kr

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This book examines why Japan has one of the highest enrolment rates in cram schools and private tutoring worldwide. It sheds light on the causes of this high dependence on ‘shadow education’ and its implications for social inequalities. The book provides a deep and extensive understanding of the role of this kind of education in Japan. It shows new ways to theoretically and empirically address this issue, and offers a comprehensive perspective on the impact of shadow education on social inequality formation that is based on reliable and convincing empirical analyses. Contrary to earlier studies, the book shows that shadow education does not inevitably result in increasing or persisting inequalities, but also inherits the potential to let students overcome their status-specific disadvantages and contributes to more opportunities in education. Against the background of the continuous expansion and the convergence of shadow education systems across the globe, the findings of thisbook call for similar works in other national contexts, particularly Western societies without traditional large-scale shadow education markets. The book emphasizes the importance and urgency to deal with the modern excesses of educational expansion and education as an institution, in which the shadow education industry has made itself (seemingly) indispensable.

Shadow Education and Social Inequalities in Japan

Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications

AvSteve R. Entrich

E-bok

Engelska, 2017

1 639 kr

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This book examines why Japan has one of the highest enrolment rates in cram schools and private tutoring worldwide. It sheds light on the causes of this high dependence on ‘shadow education’ and its implications for social inequalities. The book provides a deep and extensive understanding of the role of this kind of education in Japan. It shows new ways to theoretically and empirically address this issue, and offers a comprehensive perspective on the impact of shadow education on social inequality formation that is based on reliable and convincing empirical analyses.

Contrary to earlier studies, the book shows that shadow education does not inevitably result in increasing or persisting inequalities, but also inherits the potential to let students overcome their status-specific disadvantages and contributes to more opportunities in education. Against the background of the continuous expansion and the convergence of shadow education systems across the globe, the findings of thisbook call for similar works in other national contexts, particularly Western societies without traditional large-scale shadow education markets. The book emphasizes the importance and urgency to deal with the modern excesses of educational expansion and education as an institution, in which the shadow education industry has made itself (seemingly) indispensable.

Shadow Education and Social Inequalities in Japan

Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications

AvSteve R. Entrich

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

1 376 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

This book examines why Japan has one of the highest enrolment rates in cram schools and private tutoring worldwide. It sheds light on the causes of this high dependence on ‘shadow education’ and its implications for social inequalities. The book provides a deep and extensive understanding of the role of this kind of education in Japan. It shows new ways to theoretically and empirically address this issue, and offers a comprehensive perspective on the impact of shadow education on social inequality formation that is based on reliable and convincing empirical analyses. Contrary to earlier studies, the book shows that shadow education does not inevitably result in increasing or persisting inequalities, but also inherits the potential to let students overcome their status-specific disadvantages and contributes to more opportunities in education. Against the background of the continuous expansion and the convergence of shadow education systems across the globe, the findings of thisbook call for similar works in other national contexts, particularly Western societies without traditional large-scale shadow education markets. The book emphasizes the importance and urgency to deal with the modern excesses of educational expansion and education as an institution, in which the shadow education industry has made itself (seemingly) indispensable.