Books by Brian J. McVeigh

In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.

One third of Japan's women workers are 'office ladies' - low status, low security secretaries, who are trained at Junior Colleges. The author, who taught at such a College, discusses life there, and their cultural and sociopolitical role.

In this adventurous new study, Brian J. McVeigh demonstrates how nominally conflicting impressions of Japan can be reconciled by a greater understanding of the state - revealing flaws in current intellectual discourse.