Sociological data analysis of Modernization

本研究的目的是通过对日本1955年、1965年和1975年“社会分层和流动”全国调查的实证数据分析，分析战后日本的社会变迁过程。这一实证数据分析包括两个主题。第一个是关于状态不一致趋势。第二部分是主观策略识别的趋势分析。关于第一个主题，主要的研究发现是：(1)地位不一致的程度在这二十年中持续增加，(2)地位不一致的部分在日本社会中比地位不一致的部分更大，(3)Lenski关于地位不一致产生挫败感或愤怒并刺激对进步政党的认同的论点无法得到日本数据的支持。关于第二个主题，主要研究结果是：(1)近20年来中产阶层认同的人群比例有所增加，(2)主观阶层认同受社会地位变量影响的程度在近20年来持续减弱。

The objective of this research is to analyze the social change process in postwar Japan through empirical data analysis of the Japanese 1955,1965 and 1975 national surveys on Social Stratification and Mobility.This empirical data analysis consists of two themes. The first is concerned with status inconsistency trends. The second is concerned with the trend analysis of subjective strate identification.Concerning the first theme, the central research findings are: (1) that the degree of status inconsistency has consistently increased in these twenty years, (2) that the part of status inconsistency is bigger than that of status inconsistency in the Japanese Society, (3) that Lenski's thesis that status inconsistency generates frustration or anger and stimulates identification with progressive political parties cannot be supported by Japanese data.Concerning the second theme, the central research findings are: (1) that the proportion of people who identify with middle strata identification has increased in these twenty years, (2) that the degres of which subjective strate identification are determined by social status variables has consistently weakened in these twenty years.