The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitude towards family and societal relationships. This fascinating text explores these significant changes, along with the effects of them on Japanese society.
The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitude towards family and societal relationships. This fascinating text explores these significant changes, along with the effects of them on Japanese society.
Marcus Rebick is University Lecturer in the Japanese Economy at Oxford University and a fellow of St. Antony's College. His research interests include labour economics, the Japanese economy, the economics of ageing and the economics of higher education. Ayumi Takenaka is Assistant Professor of sociology at Bryn Mawr College and Research Associate of the Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of research interest are international migration, ethnic and racial relations, social inequality and comparative Japanese studies.
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Part 1: Introduction 1. The Changing Japanese Family Part 2: The Demographic Transition 2. Demographics of the Japanese Family: Entering Uncharted Territory 3. Japanese Youth's Attitudes Towards Marriage and Child-Rearing 4. Strong in Tradition and yet Innovative: The Puzzles of the Italian Family Part 3: The Shifting Gender Balance 5. Changes in the Workplace and their Impact on the Family 6. The Emergence of "Nurturing Fathers": Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Contemporary Japan 7. Changing Language, Gender and Family Relations in Japan Part 4: Shifts in the Boundaries of the Family 8. Mother-Rearing: The Social World of Mothers in a Japanese Suburb 9. Policing the Japanese Family: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and the Changing Role of the State 10. Changing Families and Policy Responses to an Ageing Japanese Society 11. Different Paths to Welfare: Family Transformations, the Production of Welfare, and Future Prospects for Social Care in Italy and Japan
Part 1: Introduction 1. The Changing Japanese Family Part 2: The Demographic Transition 2. Demographics of the Japanese Family: Entering Uncharted Territory 3. Japanese Youth's Attitudes Towards Marriage and Child-Rearing 4. Strong in Tradition and yet Innovative: The Puzzles of the Italian Family Part 3: The Shifting Gender Balance 5. Changes in the Workplace and their Impact on the Family 6. The Emergence of "Nurturing Fathers": Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Contemporary Japan 7. Changing Language, Gender and Family Relations in Japan Part 4: Shifts in the Boundaries of the Family 8. Mother-Rearing: The Social World of Mothers in a Japanese Suburb 9. Policing the Japanese Family: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and the Changing Role of the State 10. Changing Families and Policy Responses to an Ageing Japanese Society 11. Different Paths to Welfare: Family Transformations, the Production of Welfare, and Future Prospects for Social Care in Italy and Japan
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