Japanese

Academic Year	2026Year	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	産業・労働社会学
Subject Name （Katakana）	サンギョウ・ロウドウシャカイガク
Subject Name in English	Industrial and Labor Sociology
Instructor	SHIN JAEYOUL
Instructor (Katakana)	シン　ゼヨル
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Tues5-8：IAS K203
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sociology
Eligible Students
Keywords	social change, inequality, labor process, industrial structure, labor market
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Class Objectives /Class Outline	[Objective 1] Understand the characteristics of modern industrial society and capitalism. [Objective 2] Critically learn the basic concepts necessary to understand modern industrial society and capitalism. [Objective 3] Understand the various issues concerning social inequality and class movement in modern industrial society and capitalism. [Summary] Students learn about changes in industrial and employment structure, changes in labor policies and systems, and changes in the class structure after the war in Japan. Also, students learn about the worsening female workers' working conditions after covid-19 pandemic. In particular, students learn about changes in the industrial structure called Industry 4.0. In addition, students explore various issues concerning income redistribution.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Course Overview lesson2 Understanding Modern Industrial Society and Capitalism lesson3 (Text1) Industrial Citizenship, Inequality, exclusion: reading and discussion lesson4 (Text1) Industrial Citizenship, Inequality, exclusion: reading and discussion lesson5 (Text1) Labor market deregulation and reregulation: reading and discussion lesson6 (Text1) Labor market deregulation and reregulation: reading and discussion lesson7 (Text1) regular worker management: reading and discussion lesson8 (Text1) regular worker management: reading and discussion lesson9 Labor Market Theory: Human Capital Theory and HRM lesson10 Labor Market Theory: Segmented Labor Market Theory, Dual Labor Market Theory, Internal Labor Market lesson11 Industry 4.0: reading and discussion lesson12 Platform work and telework:  reading and discussion lesson13 Solidarity and Labor movement:  reading and discussion lesson14 class consciousness and support for redistribution lesson15 Final report
Text/Reference Books,etc.	See the content of the Japanese syllabus for details. Week3~week8: Textbook 1 Week9~week15:  read English and Japanese research papers.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Visual Materials, moodle
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Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Paired Reading, Flip Teaching
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	The lecturer recommends students to read related materials and reference literatures. In every class, you read the assigned part of the text, summarize the content, and submit a report that summarizes your opinion.
Requirements	In every class, you read the assigned part of the text, summarize the content, and submit a report that summarizes your opinion.
Grading Method	Final report, A resume in each class, Discussion
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