Bøker av Mary C. Brinton

Explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy - the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. This book provides an examination of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic growth.

"This volume is . . . devoted to the question of how 'gender' is and (especially) should be, conceptualized in personality theory and research. It was designed for students and researchers. The idea . . . grew out of our conviction that 'gender' has played a curious and paradoxical role in personality theory and research to date."—from the Introduction