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Book Title: Race for the Exits : the Unraveling of Japan's System of Social Protection
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Leonard J. Schoppa
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General, Human Rights, Human Services, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Security, Economic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
