Japanese Sociological Review
Online ISSN : 1884-2755
Print ISSN : 0021-5414
ISSN-L : 0021-5414
Volume 24, Issue 1
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  • Hideo Okamoto
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 2-15,90
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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    The Problem
    Regarding the relation between status inconsistency and attitude, there have been reports on findings which are contradictory to each other. One is the finding which substantiates that status inconsistency affects one's political attitude, voting behavior, class consciousness, etc. ; the other denies the above relation between status inconsistency and political attitude, etc. The paper deals whit the issue of how status inconsistency is substantially related to class consciousness in Japanese society.
    Class consciousness consists of various aspects, consequently, its relation with status inconsistency should be considered separately with regard to each aspect. Sensitivity for class structure, one of the aspects of class consciousness, is presumed to have direct connection with status inconsistency while preference for change in existing class structure dose not seem to be necessarily connected with status inconsistency.
    Findings
    Following is the result of the research made on male adults living in Tokyo.
    As to class existence, more people in the status inconsistency group than in the consistency group have replied that class does exist. However, there have been no definite trends regarding patterns of class structure.
    As to class identification, less people in the former group than in the latter identified themselves with middle class.
    As to drift of change in the class structure, many in the status inconsistency group replied that society should be improved with the effort of each individual, and those against socialism were seen more in the inconsistency group than in the consistency group. As to political party, more people in the inconsistency group than in the consistency group expressed their support for Liberal Democratic Party.
    Conclusion
    People in the status inconsistency group are more sensitive for class structure and their own status than those in the consistency group. This seems to result from the facts that people in the status inconsistency group have contacts with people in various classes and/or that the former are destined to notice the discrepancy between their neighbors' norm and their own status.
    However, people in the status inconsistency group were rather conservative as to changing the existing class structure. It may be said that radical attitude is not the only reaction they can take but just one of the alternatives in various reactions.
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  • Syunzi Sakai
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 16-41,89
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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    Having consideration that frequency of each aspect of international intercourse as indication inter-group activities, we have analyzed all available Japanese statistics concerning international movement of persons, trade and international telecommunication for Japan to 115 foreign areas from 1957 to 1963. From static observation in 1963, we can infer general findings as following static aspects of each quantitative case.
    1. the minimum quantitative case ;
    1) a current is one way traffic,
    2) the content is very simple,
    3) the subject of activity is exclusively large organization (big business etc.).
    2. the small quantitative case ;
    1) a current is partly one way traffic,
    2) the content is generally simple,
    3) the subject of activity is mostly large organization.
    3. medium quantitative case ;
    1) a current is partly both way traffic,
    2) the content is a little complicated,
    3) the subject of activity participate the personal dimension.
    4. large quantitative case ;
    1) a current is generally both way traffic,
    2) the content is usually complicated,
    3) the personal activity is comparatively increase in number.
    Furthermore, from dynamic observation from Japan to 80 foreign areas from 1957 to 1963, we can infer following findings as to dynamic aspects.
    In the minimum quantitative case, the fluctuation of increase or decrease is very large, and in the small quantitative case the fluctuation is also large. But in the medium and large quantitative case, the vibration become smaller.
    Such quantitative stabilization of international intercourse corresponds to settle the subject of activity as international organization or system.
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  • -the monographic study of a village in Akita -
    Sanzo Sato
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 42-62,88
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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    What the author aims to do in this monograph is the following;
    (1) To clarify how to function the self-government in “Mura” for the cooperative works for private production (the suppling of labors for riceplanting).
    (2) To clarify that the principle in both “Mura-shigoto” (it contains cooperative works for irrigation and commonage etc.) and the cooperative works for private production would be same.
    In conclusion, the author could present the following hypotheses to be verified in future.
    (1) “Mura” is the unit based on the co-ownership for the labor.
    (2) It is based on this co-ownership for the labor that “Mura” is capable to reproduct low-wages (labor) and to forbid the outflow of the labor from a village.
    (3) The co-ownership for the labor has been presented any opportunity for making cooperative works for private production accumulate in the territory of a village.
    (4) The co-ownership for the labor would be the index to be determind whether cooperative works for private production are based on the integration of “Mura” or not.
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  • [in Japanese]
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 63-68
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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  • [in Japanese]
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 69-72
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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  • [in Japanese]
    1973 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 73-78
    Published: July 30, 1973
    Released on J-STAGE: November 11, 2009
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