Collective Decision Making in Rural Japan.

By: Marshall, RobertMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Michigan Papers in Japanese StudiesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 1984Copyright date: �1984Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472901999Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Collective Decision Making in Rural JapanDDC classification: 302.3/0952/16 LOC classification: HN730Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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