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1. On the Margins of Japanese Society

   Volunteers and the Welfare of the Urban Underclass

   By Carolyn S. Stevens

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact Japan has its own underclass living outside the mainstream in economic circumstances that are radically different to the more usual perception of a...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge