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Class and space: social segregation in Japanese cities
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-07, 17:20 authored by Tony FieldingIt has become increasingly common to play down the `place stratification' of Japanese cities, and to emphasize their lack of social class segregation. Demonstrating that the Japanese city lacks a social geography in this respect conforms to, and serves to advance, the view that Japan has produced a capitalist form of development that avoids many of the inequalities and social ills characteristic of other advanced capitalist societies (e.g. no `inner city' problems). But do the social geographies of Japanese cities really conform to this picture of Japanese society? This issue is explored with the help of a new analysis of the occupational class geography of the city of Kyoto.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersISSN
0020-2754Publisher
Blackwell PublishingExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
29Page range
64-84Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Yes