[sumo] Old, but still valid dissertation on Sumo

[Rich Shapiro]

Barbara,

We have finally had the time to finish watching the last Basho and so I am 
now reading two months of Sumo E-mails:(

I tried to access this paper and it said that I needed to subscribe.  Any 
way around that?
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Ann Klein" <baklein at attglobal.net>
To: "'Sumo Mailing List'" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:16 AM
Subject: [sumo] Old, but still valid dissertation on Sumo


> In this lull between basho, I have found very interesting reading in this
> 1997 study entitled "Legal Rules and Social Norms in Japan's Secret World 
> of
> Sumo", in which the author, Mark D. West, seeks to show "how the presented
> social structure and set of rules is closely related to the behavior of a
> company. In this sense, the norms assure economical control in the
> organization, best allocation of resources and reduction on transaction
> costs- or avoidance of tasks that would require big effort for resolution,
> as the eligibility of elders and directors in the
> association".Notwithstanding the date of the paper, it makes for excellent
> FREE  reading with sections on "the life of a sumo wrestler", "the sumo
> association", "the Elder share regime",  "choice between rules and norms"
> (including sections called "Kirishima's Lament" and "the fall of Wajima")
> and the introduction of foreigners into the world of sumo. While some of 
> the
> info may be a bit obsolete, much of it continues to apply.
>
> The document is 38 pages long and there are numerous footnotes with
> references to materials that may be found on the web. The author thanks
> Mark Schilling, Lynn Matsuoka and our own Masumi Abe, among others.
>
> http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JLS/journal/issues/v26n1/JLSv26p165/JLSv26p
> 165.web.pdf
>
> Enjoy, and Happy Holidays to all.
>
> BRTK
>
>
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