Japanese Childcare

First published in 1997. This book represents an analysis of Japanese preschools as organizations, as administrative frameworks. This volume tackles this set of themes by examining one such institution: Katsura Hoikuen (Day-Care Center). Based on fieldwork carried out in the summer of 1988, and for a short period in October 1994, my perspective is basically ethnographic in its approach. Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Katsura Day-Care Center; Chapter 3 Forms of Quality?; Chapter 4 Caretaking with a Pen?; Chapter 5 Teachers’ Meetings; Chapter 6 An Organizational Model; Chapter 7 A Note; Chapter 8 Conclusion;