著者

袖井 孝子

出版者

日本社会学会

雑誌

社会学評論 (ISSN:00215414)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, no.2, pp.50-67,105, 1970-09-30 (Released:2009-11-11)

参考文献数

1

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The decline in ideological class politics in an advanced industrial society has been widely publicized. Lipset (1955) maintains that in periods of prosperity, status politics appeals to resentments of individuals who desire to improve their social status, while in periods of depression, class politics appeals to individuals who demand the redistribution of income.The purpose of this article is to explore a tendency toward status politics from class politics in Japan. The data are drawn from interviews with 688 adult males in Tokyo metropolitan area in 1967.We found more than eighty per cent of our sample admitted the existence of class differences mainly based on economic inequality, and Liberal Democratic affiliation is positively associated with socioeconomic status. However, party affiliation along the social class line does not bring forth ideologically-oriented class conflict. Despite their identification with rather lower social stratum, they are satisfied with their present life, and have optimistic views of their future. Though the expansion of their class interest appeals to them, they do not want to attain this goal. by overthrowing the opposition, but they expect affuluence of society to come through cooperation of all classes. Such attitudes seem to be shaped by historical, cultural and geographical factors as well as political leadership ; that is 1) racial, linguistic and religious homogeneity, and geographical isolation strengthen conformity, 2) lack of specific class-culture prevents the formation of strong class identification, and 3) each party tries to hide political cleavage in order to increase its supporters.Today a real political cleavage exists not along the party line but between those who support the established parteis and those who deny them. Analyzing the “non-supporters” may help to explain the source and orientation of political conflict in the coming age.

著者

袖井 孝子

出版者

日本家族社会学会

雑誌

家族社会学研究 (ISSN:0916328X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, no.2, pp.4-9,116, 1990-07-20 (Released:2009-08-04)

参考文献数

4

被引用文献数

1

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Looking back to the past two seminers, the following points stand out: (1) the trend of family changes is not unilineal but multilineal, (2) families which depart from major trends are not deviant but variant, and (3) the nuclear family based on sex role differentiation seems to be losing its vital role through the change from industrial to post-industrial society. Concerning the contemporary Japanese family, some see crisis and others see stability. Such a difference seems to be derived from differences in their perspective. If we look at the national statistics, the general features of the Japanese family are quite stable, because the rates of divorce, of one-parent family, and of illegitimate children are lower than those of most industrial nations. However, if we focus on internal factors seen through case studies, we can easily find tensions and conflicts within the family. We should pay more attention to various aspects of the family which differ from the averages. Contrary to what is widely accepted, today is not a time of family crisis but a time of crisis in family sociology, which has yet to develop suitable theories in the post-industrial society.

著者

袖井孝子編集・解説

出版者

至文堂

巻号頁・発行日

1982