Teachers and Politics in Japan / / Donald R. Thurston.
The Japan Teachers' Union, which represents 500,000 elementary and lower secondary school teachers, is an important interest group in Japanese politics. It is especially significant as a radical group operating both within and outside the political system and in direct conflict with conservativ...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies of the East Asian Institute ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Tables
- I. Introduction
- II. Prewar Origins
- III. Postwar Origins and Struggles
- IV. Ideology and Objectives
- V. Organizational Structure and Union Consciousness
- VI. Claims and Demands on the Educational Bureaucracy
- VII. Influence on Elections and Legislation
- VIII. Conclusion
- APPENDIX A: The Collective Bargaining Contract Between the Council of All-Japan Teachers' Unions and the Ministry of Education, March 19, 1947
- APPENDIX B: A Code of Ethics for Teachers
- APPENDIX C: The Fundamental Law of Education
- APPENDIX D: Questionnaire for Japan Teachers' Union Members
- Bibliography
- Index
- The East Asian Institute of Columbia University