Description:Japan's Militant Teachers is the first comprehensive English-language
analysis of the origin and development of the fundamental issues in this
struggle. It is an objective approach to the history of the teacher's
movement from its prewar conception, through the birth of Nikkyoso in
1947, to that union's present strength encompassing a large majority of
all public school teachers. It is significant that this study was
undertaken by a non-Japanese. Professor Duke was accepted with full
confidence by all parties in the dispute. His study includes material
obtained from many firsthand interviews conducted between 1968 and 1970
with the leaders of Nikkyoso and government representatives form the
Ministry of Education. He has thus been able to present an objective
accounting without passing judgement.
This book examines the
problems of Nikkyoso within the greater context of Japanese society. It
is a good introduction to, and analysis of, the problems facing
organized teacher' movements as well as the problems facing Japanese
education as a whole.