Collective Decision Making in Rural Japan.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies,
1984.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Collective Decisions and Rural Society
- Harmony, Unanimity, and Collective Decision Making
- Hamlet Society and Productive Exchange Relations
- Chapter 2: Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decisions: a Theory of Group Decision Making
- The Paradox of Price
- Defection-reducing Mechanisms
- Forms of Exchange and Defection Reduction
- Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Rate of Exchange
- Productive Exchange, Mutual Investment, and Collective Decision Making
- Chapter 3: Hamlet Social Organization and Financial Structure
- Hamlet Membership and Recruitment
- Hamlet Internal Organization
- Hamlet Offices
- Subhamlet Groups
- Funding the Hamlet
- Chapter 4: Decisions
- Case 1: Softball Equipment
- Case 2: seimaiki (Rice Polisher)
- Case 3: Fire Pump
- Case 4: City Water
- Case 5: Fire Extinguishers, Gas Rings, and a Rice Cooker
- Case 6: The English Class
- Case 7: The Usoda bon odori
- Chapter 5: Decisions: Division and Solidarity in Hamlet Society
- Decision Mode and Participant Orientation
- Minimal Criteria for Consent
- Hidden Costs and Structural Implications
- Incommensurability of Issues
- Chapter 6: Conclusions
- Notes to Chapters
- Bibliography.