著者

陳 品紅

出版者

桃山学院大学

雑誌

桃山学院大学社会学論集 (ISSN:02876647)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.1, pp.115-142, 2014-07-31

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This paper aims to shed light on social changes of 1970s and 80s Japan by researching social studies of those days on credential society and credentialism and surveying social consciousness and behaviors associated with them. First, reviewing a introductory book published in 1977 by a journalist and academic papers written in the early 80s by educational sociologists, I show that they were outcomes of establishing of credential society. Second, rethinking findings of researches conducted in the late 70s which tried to find eufunctions of credential society and to inquire again evidences of credentialism, I show that they more deeply reflected actual conditions of credential society and credentialism. Third, reviewing some books published in the 70s and 80s which were critical responses to credentialism and surveying social consciousness and behaviors in the 80s which were critical or negative responses to credentialism, I show that there were contradictory trends in social changes relating to credential society and credentialism in the 80s.