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Not only do executive have an important role in initiating action; but lower-level officials function within a context defined by their superiors. Far greater tensions and conflict exist within organizations than is commonly reported by outsiders, especially in institutions like the university where conflicts often paralyze the decision-making process. Similarly, there is far greater divergence of interest among different sectors of society than one might infer from the stereotypical view of \"Japan, Inc.\" And since the high level of consensus supporting the fundamental commitment to economic growth is now weakening increasing divergence may be anticipated in the future. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. 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He situates their lives within the broader transformation of Japanese society—from the devastation of war and scarcity to rapid industrial growth, bureaucratic expansion, and the emergence of consumer modernity. By detailing school pressures, workplace hierarchies, consumer culture, and family relations, Vogel traces how middle-class patterns of security, conformity, and aspiration redefined Japan’s social order.   At once intimate and analytical, Japan’s New Middle Class portrays the salary man not only as an individual economic actor but as a cultural symbol of stability and ambition in a rapidly changing society. Vogel explores themes such as the “examination hell” that governs educational mobility, the new domestic arrangements that reconfigure gender and generational authority, and the sense of security and constraint that life within large organizations provides. In doing so, he illuminates how Japan’s postwar prosperity depended on the accommodation of tradition to modern institutions, and how the family became the linchpin connecting personal aspiration with national growth. This richly detailed ethnography remains a foundational text for understanding Japan’s postwar transformation and the lived realities of its middle-class citizens.   This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. 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