The Demographic Challenge : A Handbook about Japan
Florian. Coulmas
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Leiden : : BRILL, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (1219 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgements; General Introduction; PART I Fundamentals of Japanese Demographics; Introduction; Case in Point: The Last Japanese; 1. Japan's Population Growth during the Past 100 Years (Makoto Atoh); 2. Fertility and Mortality (Hans Dieter Ölschleger); 3. Statistical Foundations of Population Projections (Ryuichi Kaneko); 4. Regional Demographics (Ralph Lützeler); 5. Demographic Comparisons with Other Countries with the Emphasis on the More Developed Regions (Shigemi Kono); 6. History of Demography in Japan (Matthias Koch); PART II Social Aspects of Demographic Change. - 14. Changing Family Life Cycle and Partnership Transition-Gender Roles and Marriage Patterns (James M. Raymo and Miho Iwasawa)15. Child Care in a Low Birth Society (Akiko S. Oishi); 16. Transcultural Society (Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu and David Blake Willis); PART III Cultural Aspects of Demographic Change; Introduction; 17. Traditional Concepts and Images of Old Age in Japan (Susanne Formanek); 18. Notions of Life, Old Age and Death in Ageing Japan (Mayumi Sekizawa). - 19. Population Decline, Municipal Amalgamation, and the Politics of Folk Performance Preservation in Northeast Japan (Christopher S. Thompson)20. Ancestors, Burial Rites, and Rural Depopulation in Japan (John W. Traphagan); 21. Religion in Post-World War II Japan and Social Ageing (Kenji Ishii); 22. Coming of Age: The Courts and Equality Rights in Japan's Ageing Society (Craig Martin); 23. Coming to Terms with Age: Some Linguistic Consequences of Population Ageing (Peter Backhaus); 24. Population Ageing and Language Change (Fumio Inoue). - 25. Age and Ageing in Contemporary Japanese Literature (Lisette Gebhardt)26. Media Use in the Ageing Society (Nobuko Shiraishi); 27. Gendered Age (Sumiko Iwao); Case in Point. A Pet Culture in the Making; 28. Education in the Aged Society: The Demographic Challenge to Japanese Education (Roger Goodman); 29. Ageing Japan and the Transmission of Traditional Skills and Know-How (Takanori Shintani); 30. Age-specifi c Technology: A Demographic Challenge for Design (Fumihiko Satofuka); 31. Ageing Tourists, Ageing Destinations: Tourism and Demographic Change in Japan (Carolin Funck). - 32. Pastimes (John Clammer). - IntroductionCase in Point: Parental Leave: Women and Men; 7. Social Ageing and the Sociology of Ageing (Sepp Linhart); 8. Changing Social Concepts of Age: Towards the Active Senior Citizen (Takeo Ogawa); 9. Ageing Society and the Transformation of Work in the Post-Fordist Economy (Chikako Usui); 10. Engaging the Generations: Age-Integrated Facilities (Leng Leng Thang); 11. Social Change and Caregiving of the Elderly (Susan Orpett Long); 12. Income Inequality in the Ageing Society (Sawako Shirahase); 13. Changes in Family Structure (Toshiko Himeoka); Case in Point. Time Spent with Children. - Explores the challenges demographic change poses to Japan. This book provides the fundamental data involved, and addresses the social and cultural aspects of Japan's demographic change. It is dedicated to the political, economic and social security aspects of demographic change.
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| ISBN | 9004154779. - 9789004154773
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