Bøker av Ronald Dore

Here is a cri de coeur from almost the last survivor of post-war European sociologists and scholars of Japanese Studies. After six decades following developments in Japanese society, economy and culture - he describes the evolution of his cognitive and evaluative/emotional perceptions of Japan, and why he can no longer be a Japanophile.

The Japanese way of work is notoriously 'different'. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? This book explores the real differences, through a point-by-point comparison of two Japanese factories with two British ones making similar products.

Professor Ronald Dore examines how, despite the Japanese ''flagrantly flouting all received principles of capitalist rationality'', they are able to adjust so successfully to the challenge of shifting world economic conditions.First published in 1986, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

An account of motives and motivations behind Japan''s accomplishments, this work emphasizes the role of a Confucian impetus.First published in 1987, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

The Japan of 1868 was a very different society: practically every samurai was literate and it was a world in which books abounded. This book presents a survey of the development and education during the period.