1st Edition

Industrial Harmony in Modern Japan The Invention of a Tradition

By W. Dean Kinzley Copyright 1991
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Economic success in Japan has been attributed to the existence of harmonious labour-management relations. This book, first published in 1991, argues that this unique ‘culture of harmony’ was consciously invented and developed over the last century. A semi-bureaucratic organization called the Kyochokai was established in 1919 to meet the needs of an emerging industrial society. It took the lead in... Read more

1. Society as Moral Community, the Making of a Myth  2. Founding of the Kyochokai  3. Kyochokai Visions of Industrial Society  4. To Create Society Anew  5. The Moral Community in Crisis

Biography

W. Dean Kinzley