2019 Volume 48 Pages 45-61
The purpose of this article is to discuss possibilities and limitations of quantitative approach to reveil mechanisms of discrimination by showing a case study on Japanese exclusionism. First, this paper presents briefly the trend of quantitative studies on discrimination and related phenomena like prejudice or exclusivism. Next, I show a result of analysis on Japanese exclusionism as an example of quantitative analysis. Lastly, I discuss potentialities and difficulties of quantitative analysis to reveal mechanisms or solutions of discrimination.
