ISBN:
9781138638983
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (319 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Chiavacci, David Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan : Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation
DDC:
305.50952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- PART I: Introduction -- 1 After the banquet: New inequalities and their perception in Japan since the 1990s -- PART II: Creation of inequality and its perception in Japan -- 2 Institutions and actors in the creation of social inequality: A rational choice approach to social inequality -- 3 The gap as threat: Status anxiety in the 'middle' -- PART III: Labour market and employment system
Abstract:
4 The "re-segmentation" of the Japanese labour market: Investigating the impact of industrial dynamics -- 5 Does employment dualisation lead to political polarisation? Assessing the impact of labour market inequalities on political discourse in Japan -- 6 Are labour union movements capable of solving the problems of the "gap society"? -- PART IV: Welfare state and family -- 7 Economic inequality among families with small children in Japan: Who provides welfare to children?
Abstract:
8 Social policy responses to the 'gap society': The structural limitations of the Japanese welfare state and related official discourses since the 1990s -- 9 The old and new welfare politics in Japan: Persisting obstacles to reform -- PART V: Education and social mobility -- 10 Understanding structural changes in inequality in Japanese education: From selection to choice -- 11 Political discourse and education reforms concerning "equality of educational opportunity" -- 12 Trying to reduce inequalities in school: The academic discourse and the concept of 'effective schools'
Abstract:
PART VI: Urban-rural divide -- 13 The urban-rural divide in Japan: A matter of social inequality? -- 14 The public and political discourse on socio-spatial inequality in Japan -- 15 Understanding the dynamics of regional growth and shrinkage in 21[sup(st)] Century Japan: Towards the achievement of an Asia-Pacific 'depopulation dividend' -- PART VII: New immigration and ethnic minorities -- 16 Migration and integration patterns of new immigrants in Japan: Diverse structures of inequality
Abstract:
17 The "multicultural coexistence" discourse in crisis? Public discourse on immigrant integration in the gap society -- 18 Understanding the gaps between immigrant economic outcomes: Strategic action and meaning making among newcomer immigrants in Japan -- PART VIII: Conclusion -- 19 Reassembling the pieces: The big picture of inequality in Japan -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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