Ronald Philip Dore CBE FBA (1 February 1925 – 14[3][4] November 2018) was a British sociologist specialising in Japanese economy and society and the comparative study of types of capitalism.
Dore began to learn Japanese in 1942 as part of an 18-month Board of Education initiative to train sixth form boys in languages critical to the war effort.
Thereafter, he conducted research on a broad variety of topics in Japan, including education,[10] land reform[11] and village life.
[12] He also engaged in a number of studies comparing Japanese social organizational forms and institutions with those found in other parts of the world.
[5] While at the Institute of Development studies, Dore served as the doctoral supervisor to several notable academics, including Jonathan Unger[18] and Keith Lewin.