Sawako Shirahase

Social Inequality in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book compares Japan with America, Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden and Taiwan in order to determine whether inequality really is a social problem in Japan. With a focus on impact demographic shifts, Shirahase asks whether increasing inequality and is uniquely Japanese, or if it is a social problem common across all of the societies included in this study. Crucially, this book shows that Japan is distinctive not in terms of the degree of inequality in the society, but rather, in how acutely inequality is perceived.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135934200
• Artikelnr.: 40343616

Autorenporträt

Sawako Shirahase is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Japan Compared 1. Japan: How Much Inequality? 2. Female Labor
Force Participation and Economic Inequality 3. Economic Inequality among
Families with Children 4. Youngsters who Won't Leave the Nest 5. Mothers
Going Out to Work: Perceptions, Attitudes and their Institutional
Background 6. Where Do Old People Live?: Ageing and Household Structure 7.
Old People Living Alone and Those in Three-generation 8. Conclusion: Life
Course and Inequality