Author: Joint United States-Japan Employment StudyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manpower policy
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Employment Policies of the United States and Japan
Author: Joint United States-Japan Employment StudyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manpower policy
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Nonstandard Work in Developed Economies
Author: Susan N. HousemanPublisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Comprises a collection of papers which use an interdisciplinary and cross-country comparative framework to understand why nonstandard work has grown in so many countries and its implications for workers.
Culture, Control and Commitment
Author: James R. LincolnPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521428668
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
America and the Japanese Miracle
Author: Aaron ForsbergPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860662
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In this book, Aaron Forsberg presents an arresting account of Japan's postwar economic resurgence in a world polarized by the Cold War. His fresh interpretation highlights the many connections between Japan's economic revival and changes that occurred in the wider world during the 1950s. Drawing on a wealth of recently released American, British, and Japanese archival records, Forsberg demonstrates that American Cold War strategy and the U.S. commitment to liberal trade played a central role in promoting Japanese economic welfare and in forging the economic relationship between Japan and the United States. The price of economic opportunity and interdependence, however, was a strong undercurrent of mutual frustration, as patterns of conflict and compromise over trade, investment, and relations with China continued to characterize the postwar U.S.-Japanese relationship. Forsberg's emphasis on the dynamic interaction of Cold War strategy, the business environment, and Japanese development challenges "revisionist" interpretations of Japan's success. In exploring the complex origins of the U.S.-led international economy that has outlasted the Cold War, Forsberg refutes the claim that the U.S. government sacrificed American commercial interests in favor of its military partnership with Japan.
Gender Policies in Japan and the United States: Comparing Women’s Movements, Rights and Politics
Author: J. GelbPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403976783
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book is the first to explore the similarities and differences in gender related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the United States. It focuses on the role of women's movements and other factors in determining policy. Three policies are examined: Equal employment, domestic violence and reproductive rights, with additional attention to gender equality policy in Japan and 'family friendly policy' in both nations. The analysis examines the significance of international feminism and new standards of gender equity - kansetsu gaiatsu - as a resource for Japanese feminists seeking policy reform, as well as new trends toward policy cooperation. The future role of the United States, long a leader in policy development for women, is critically analyzed, and Gelb suggests that American feminists and policymakers can learn important lessons from the experience of Japanese women's movements and efforts at influencing public policy.
Needs and Welfare
Author: Alan WarePublisher: SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The idea of need has become politically controversial. This book is about the idea of need and the ways needs can be, and are met in western societies. It discusses the provision of welfare by the state and by private or voluntary organizations and the rights of citizens to welfare.
Resources in Education
Author: The Shadow Workforce
Author: Sandra E. GleasonPublisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN: 0880992891
Category : Contracting out
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the facts and issues of nonstandard employment in the countries where this labor market phenomenon has been most studied: the United States, Japan, and the European Union
Research in Education
Author: Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan
Author: Scott BassPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317948904
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Thirty years ago, when compared to the U.S., England, France, and Sweden, Japan had the lowest life expectancy for males and females. Today, Japan has the highest life expectancy and is the world’s most rapidly aging society. Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan captures the vitality of Japanese policymakers and the challenges they face in shaping a modern society responding to its changing needs. The rapid transition to an aging society poses a set of complex policy and resource dilemmas; the responses taken in Japan are of great value to policymakers, professionals, and students in the fields of gerontology, Asian and Japanese studies, sociology, public policy, administration and management, and anthropology in other industrial aging societies. Readers of Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan will discover the array of social and economic implications that comes with an increasingly aged society. Such a change in demographics affects pension expenditures and pension contributions, capital formation and savings rates, health costs, service systems, tax bases, labor pools, career counseling, training, advertising, and marketing. This book does not stop with these topics, however. Readers also learn about: how older Japanese workers are staying employed and employable policies in Japan for a smooth transition from work to retirement Japan’s Silver Human Resource Centers the new direction of health services in Japan the Japanese financing system for elderly health care the expansion of formalized in-home services for Japan’s aged Japanese housing policy and the concept of universal design the Gold Plan, a comprehensive ten-year plan to promote health care and welfare for the aged the concept of ikigai--promoting feelings of purpose and self-worth in the aged Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan is one of only a handful of books prepared in English by American and Japanese authors for an international audience about aging and social policy in Japan. The book’s recent collection of articles by leading scholars on the subject makes it a unique and timely source of information. Above all, Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan makes it clear that the rest of the world has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan’s approach to its rapidly aging society.