Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in

Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in Postindustrial Japan

Lost in Transition tells the story of the "lost generation" that came of age in Japan's deep economic recession in the 1990s. The book argues that Japan is in the midst of profound changes that have had an especially strong impact on the young generation. The country's renowned "permanent employment system" has unraveled for young workers, only to be replaced by temporary and insecure forms of employment. The much-admired system of moving young people smoothly from school to work has frayed. The book argues that these changes in the very fabric of Japanese postwar institutions have loosened young people's attachment to school as the launching pad into the world of work and loosened their attachment to the workplace as a source of identity and security. The implications for the future of Japanese society - and the fault lines within it - loom large.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 24 b/w illus. 19 tables
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780521126007
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in Postindustrial Japan