WMJ61001 Social System and Social Change

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2022Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Lecture Code WMJ61001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 社会動態論

Subject Name
（Katakana）シャカイドウタイロン

Subject Name in
English Social System and Social Change

Instructor ZAIKI KAZUO,SONOI YURI

Instructor
(Katakana) ザイキ　カズオ,ソノイ　ユリ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Weds1-4：IAS A704

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Mainly the lecturer explains problems to students.  But sometimes students are requested to make a presentation on the related problems.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Sociology

Eligible Students Students who have a keen interest in the problems of unequal society and sosial security systems in Japan

Keywords unequal society, social security, redistribution policy

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
Criterion referenced
Evaluation

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The goal of this lecture is to give students a broad understanding of inequality soceity of Japan and the policies which can correct this disparity.

Class Schedule lesson1:Introduction
lesson2:How can we understand phenomena of the unequal society?
lesson3:General characteristic of the unequal society in Japan
lesson4:Emergence of a new type of characteristic of inequality and the reason why it is emerging
lesson5:Inequality on getting jobs
lesson6:Inequality based on the opportunity for marriage and having a family
lesson7:Inequality based on educational oppotunity
lesson8:End of the period of the familistic society in Japan
lesson9:Aging "parasite single"(persons in parents' pockets eroding retirement savings)
lesson10:Emergence of the working poor with a high education
lesson11:Contradiction of the pension system in Japan
lesson12:Widening inequality of living conditions of the elderly
lesson13:Young poor people living without the support of social security programs
lesson14:The necessesity of structural reform of social security system in Japan
lesson15:Concluding remarks

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Masahiro Yamada, A new eqaul society, Bungeishunggyusya.2010.
Masahiro Yamada, The problems in Japanese social security,2012.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) DVD or VHS video, when it is necessary.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Students are required to read reference literature at every class.

Requirements

Grading Method Assessment of presentations, discussions and and term paper.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2022Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
Lecture Code	WMJ61001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	社会動態論
Subject Name （Katakana）	シャカイドウタイロン
Subject Name in English	Social System and Social Change
Instructor	ZAIKI KAZUO,SONOI YURI
Instructor (Katakana)	ザイキ　カズオ,ソノイ　ユリ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Weds1-4：IAS A704
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Mainly the lecturer explains problems to students. But sometimes students are requested to make a presentation on the related problems.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sociology
Eligible Students	Students who have a keen interest in the problems of unequal society and sosial security systems in Japan
Keywords	unequal society, social security, redistribution policy
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program
Criterion referenced Evaluation
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The goal of this lecture is to give students a broad understanding of inequality soceity of Japan and the policies which can correct this disparity.
Class Schedule	lesson1:Introduction lesson2:How can we understand phenomena of the unequal society? lesson3:General characteristic of the unequal society in Japan lesson4:Emergence of a new type of characteristic of inequality and the reason why it is emerging lesson5:Inequality on getting jobs lesson6:Inequality based on the opportunity for marriage and having a family lesson7:Inequality based on educational oppotunity lesson8:End of the period of the familistic society in Japan lesson9:Aging "parasite single"(persons in parents' pockets eroding retirement savings) lesson10:Emergence of the working poor with a high education lesson11:Contradiction of the pension system in Japan lesson12:Widening inequality of living conditions of the elderly lesson13:Young poor people living without the support of social security programs lesson14:The necessesity of structural reform of social security system in Japan lesson15:Concluding remarks
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Masahiro Yamada, A new eqaul society, Bungeishunggyusya.2010. Masahiro Yamada, The problems in Japanese social security,2012.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	DVD or VHS video, when it is necessary.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students are required to read reference literature at every class.
Requirements
Grading Method	Assessment of presentations, discussions and and term paper.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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