Collective Decision Making in Rural Japan.

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies ; v.11
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Place / Publishing House:Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,, 1984.
Ã1984.
Year of Publication:1984
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (195 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Collective Decisions and Rural Society
  • Harmony, Unanimity, and Collective Decision Making
  • Hamlet Society and Productive Exchange Relations
  • Chapter 2: Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decisions: a Theory of Group Decision Making
  • The Paradox of Price
  • Defection-reducing Mechanisms
  • Forms of Exchange and Defection Reduction
  • Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Rate of Exchange
  • Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decision Making
  • Chapter 3: Hamlet Social Organization and Financial Structure
  • Hamlet Membership and Recruitment
  • Hamlet Internal Organization
  • Hamlet Offices
  • Subhamlet Groups
  • Funding the Hamlet
  • Chapter 4: Decisions
  • Case 1: Softball Equipment
  • Case 2: seimaiki (Rice Polisher)
  • Case 3: Fire Pump
  • Case 4: City Water
  • Case 5: Fire Extinguishers, Gas Rings, and a Rice Cooker
  • Case 6: The English Class
  • Case 7: The Usoda bon odori
  • Chapter 5: Decisions: Division and Solidarity in Hamlet Society
  • Decision Mode and Participant Orientation
  • Minimal Criteria for Consent
  • Hidden Costs and Structural Implications
  • Incommensurability of Issues
  • Chapter 6: Conclusions
  • Notes to Chapters
  • Bibliography.