Social Security in Contemporary Japan
Mari. Osawa
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | åOsawa, Mari (Author)
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (238 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Social Security in Contemporary Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Editorial note; Introduction: the aims and structure of this book; 1. From welfare regimes to livelihood security systems; Characteristics of the 20th century welfare state; Esping- Andersen's threefold typology of welfare states and its critics; The limits of welfare states and the theory of livelihood security systems; 2. The livelihood security systems approach; The production and distribution of goods and services and the livelihood security system. - BibliographyIndex. - Economic globalization and social exclusionThe functioning of livelihood security systems; Structural components of Japan's rigid male breadwinner model; 3. The 1990s - Japan's lost decade; Locating Japan along the 'three routes' of welfare state transition; Clinging to the male breadwinner model: from The Five- Year Plan for Building a Lifestyle Superpower to Hashimoto's 'Six Major Reforms'; The restructuring of employment and marriage; 4. Japan in international comparison at the turn of the century; Quantitative and qualitative interrelations between the four relations of production. - Employment performanceMain features of Japan's small welfare government; 5. Taking stock of the Koizumi reforms; The social policy reforms of the Koizumi administration; Real-life consequences of the 'muscular economic structure'; Hollowing out and reverse functioning of the social insurance system; Summary; 6. Beyond exclusion - building a cohesive society; The National Commission on Social Security's failure to face realities; Universal services and a unified pension plan; Learning from 'livelihood cooperation' practices in Italy; Social inclusion as key to market viability; Notes. - The present study analyzes the livelihood security system of contemporary Japan in international comparison from a historical and gender perspective. It posits 'livelihood security systems' rather than 'welfare states' or 'welfare regimes' as its object of analysis to enter the role of non-governmental institutions and of governmental policies reaching beyond income transfers into vision.Based on rich statistical materials, the evolution of Japan's livelihood security system in recent decades is traced to reveal a rigid male breadwinner orientation increasingly out of step with socia
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| ISBN | 0415559405. - 9780415559409
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