Author: Carl Le Grand
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789122020530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Five themes will be covered in this book, and for each theme there will be one chapter for Japan written by one (or more) author, and one chapter for Sweden written by another author. The five themes are: Social Policy and Welfare Institutions, Segmentation and Stratification in the Labor Market, Part-Time Work, The Family in Transition, Marital Life and Power Relations. Contents include: Between identities and institutions: The centrality of paid work and Swedish women's mobilization in periods of welfare state expansion and retrenchment, How has the lost decade started? - Issues of the ""Corporate Centered Society"" and its reforms in the early 1990s, Gender, employment systems and labor market outcomes in Japan and Sweden, Part-time work in Japan: an approach to explaining the inferior status of part-time workers, Part-time work in Sweden: an institutional perspective, Post war transitions in the Japanese family, Women and family in post-war Sweden, Power and gender in the organization of housework in Sweden, Marital power in Japan in comparison to Sweden: considering of wife's employment status."
Women in Japan and Sweden
Author: Carl Le Grand
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789122020530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Five themes will be covered in this book, and for each theme there will be one chapter for Japan written by one (or more) author, and one chapter for Sweden written by another author. The five themes are: Social Policy and Welfare Institutions, Segmentation and Stratification in the Labor Market, Part-Time Work, The Family in Transition, Marital Life and Power Relations. Contents include: Between identities and institutions: The centrality of paid work and Swedish women's mobilization in periods of welfare state expansion and retrenchment, How has the lost decade started? - Issues of the ""Corporate Centered Society"" and its reforms in the early 1990s, Gender, employment systems and labor market outcomes in Japan and Sweden, Part-time work in Japan: an approach to explaining the inferior status of part-time workers, Part-time work in Sweden: an institutional perspective, Post war transitions in the Japanese family, Women and family in post-war Sweden, Power and gender in the organization of housework in Sweden, Marital power in Japan in comparison to Sweden: considering of wife's employment status."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789122020530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Five themes will be covered in this book, and for each theme there will be one chapter for Japan written by one (or more) author, and one chapter for Sweden written by another author. The five themes are: Social Policy and Welfare Institutions, Segmentation and Stratification in the Labor Market, Part-Time Work, The Family in Transition, Marital Life and Power Relations. Contents include: Between identities and institutions: The centrality of paid work and Swedish women's mobilization in periods of welfare state expansion and retrenchment, How has the lost decade started? - Issues of the ""Corporate Centered Society"" and its reforms in the early 1990s, Gender, employment systems and labor market outcomes in Japan and Sweden, Part-time work in Japan: an approach to explaining the inferior status of part-time workers, Part-time work in Sweden: an institutional perspective, Post war transitions in the Japanese family, Women and family in post-war Sweden, Power and gender in the organization of housework in Sweden, Marital power in Japan in comparison to Sweden: considering of wife's employment status."
Women in Japan and Sweden
Author: Carl Le Grand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbetsmarknad
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arbetsmarknad
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Women and Political Inequality in Japan
Author: Mikiko Eto
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000283208
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Why are there so few Japanese women involved in the political system? In 2019, Japanese women made up 10% of the national Lower House, 21% of the Upper House, and 14% of local assemblies. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, this places Japan 164th out of 193 countries when it comes to women’s representation in the legislature. The percentage of women in the Lower House has only increased by fewer than two percentage points since women gained full suffrage and the right to stand for election in Japan in 1946. Eto analyses the various factors that have led to women’s low presence in the Japanese legislature. She evaluates ways in which it might be possible for Japan to catch up and, in doing so, examines how Japanese society continues to perpetuate gender-rigid expectations of people. This text is a valuable study for scholars of Japanese politics and society, and for readers with an interest in the broader issue of the representation of women in politics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000283208
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Why are there so few Japanese women involved in the political system? In 2019, Japanese women made up 10% of the national Lower House, 21% of the Upper House, and 14% of local assemblies. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, this places Japan 164th out of 193 countries when it comes to women’s representation in the legislature. The percentage of women in the Lower House has only increased by fewer than two percentage points since women gained full suffrage and the right to stand for election in Japan in 1946. Eto analyses the various factors that have led to women’s low presence in the Japanese legislature. She evaluates ways in which it might be possible for Japan to catch up and, in doing so, examines how Japanese society continues to perpetuate gender-rigid expectations of people. This text is a valuable study for scholars of Japanese politics and society, and for readers with an interest in the broader issue of the representation of women in politics.
Patriarchy and Fertility
Author: Carl Mosk
Publisher: New York : Academic Press
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Fertilität / Frau / Geschichte.
Publisher: New York : Academic Press
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Fertilität / Frau / Geschichte.
Work and Family in Japanese Society
Author: Junya Tsutsui
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811324964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This book provides a systematic framework for interpreting the fertility decline in Japan. It situates the change in fertility rates in a broader context, such as family life and working customs. The basic argument it puts forward is that Japan has failed to establish a “dual-earner” society: women still face the trade-off between having a career or starting a family, which has led to an extremely low fertility rate in Japanese society. Further to this rather common explanation, which could also be applied to other low-fertility societies such as Germany and Italy, the author presents an original view. Japan has had its own momentum in holding on to its strong “men as breadwinners and women as housekeepers” model by creating a unique regime, namely, a Japanese model of a welfare society. This regime places special emphasis on the welfare provided by private companies and family members instead of by the government. Private firms are expected to secure men’s jobs and income to the greatest extent, taking advantage of Japanese employment customs. On the other hand, women are expected to provide care for their family members. The book argues that the familialist orientation is still dominant in Japan and is repeatedly reinforced in the policy context.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811324964
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
This book provides a systematic framework for interpreting the fertility decline in Japan. It situates the change in fertility rates in a broader context, such as family life and working customs. The basic argument it puts forward is that Japan has failed to establish a “dual-earner” society: women still face the trade-off between having a career or starting a family, which has led to an extremely low fertility rate in Japanese society. Further to this rather common explanation, which could also be applied to other low-fertility societies such as Germany and Italy, the author presents an original view. Japan has had its own momentum in holding on to its strong “men as breadwinners and women as housekeepers” model by creating a unique regime, namely, a Japanese model of a welfare society. This regime places special emphasis on the welfare provided by private companies and family members instead of by the government. Private firms are expected to secure men’s jobs and income to the greatest extent, taking advantage of Japanese employment customs. On the other hand, women are expected to provide care for their family members. The book argues that the familialist orientation is still dominant in Japan and is repeatedly reinforced in the policy context.
Traditional Thought and Ideological Change
Author: Seung-bog Cho
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ideology
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ideology
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Gender Dimensions in Family Life
Author: Mieko Takahashi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"Introduction, Two cases among welfare states: Sweden & Japan - A comparison of structural and institutional bases for gender equality, Gender dimensions and mechanism in the organization of family life, Marital power in dual earner families - Consideration of the gender structure of power and constraints, Gender dimensions in pre- and post separation life - Case study of lone mothers, and Conclusion."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"Introduction, Two cases among welfare states: Sweden & Japan - A comparison of structural and institutional bases for gender equality, Gender dimensions and mechanism in the organization of family life, Marital power in dual earner families - Consideration of the gender structure of power and constraints, Gender dimensions in pre- and post separation life - Case study of lone mothers, and Conclusion."
Modern Girls on the Go
Author: Alisa Freedman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804785546
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This spirited and engaging multidisciplinary volume pins its focus on the lived experiences and cultural depictions of women's mobility and labor in Japan. The theme of "modern girls" continues to offer a captivating window into the changes that women's roles have undergone during the course of the last century. Here we encounter Japanese women inhabiting the most modern of spaces, in newly created professions, moving upward and outward, claiming the public life as their own: shop girls, elevator girls, dance hall dancers, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, international beauty queens, overseas teachers, corporate soccer players, and even female members of the Self-Defense Forces. Directly linking gender, mobility, and labor in 20th and 21st century Japan, this collection brings to life the ways in which these modern girls—historically and contemporaneously—have influenced social roles, patterns of daily life, and Japan's global image. It is an ideal guidebook for students, scholars, and general readers alike.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804785546
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This spirited and engaging multidisciplinary volume pins its focus on the lived experiences and cultural depictions of women's mobility and labor in Japan. The theme of "modern girls" continues to offer a captivating window into the changes that women's roles have undergone during the course of the last century. Here we encounter Japanese women inhabiting the most modern of spaces, in newly created professions, moving upward and outward, claiming the public life as their own: shop girls, elevator girls, dance hall dancers, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, international beauty queens, overseas teachers, corporate soccer players, and even female members of the Self-Defense Forces. Directly linking gender, mobility, and labor in 20th and 21st century Japan, this collection brings to life the ways in which these modern girls—historically and contemporaneously—have influenced social roles, patterns of daily life, and Japan's global image. It is an ideal guidebook for students, scholars, and general readers alike.
Comfort Women
Author: Yoshiaki Yoshimi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231120333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko District Court stating that they had been forced into sexual servitude and demanding compensation. Since then the comfort stations and their significance have been the subject of ongoing debate and intense activism in Japan, much if it inspired by Yoshimi's investigations. How large a role did the military, and by extension the government, play in setting up and administering these camps? What type of compensation, if any, are the victimized women due? These issues figure prominently in the current Japanese focus on public memory and arguments about the teaching and writing of history and are central to efforts to transform Japanese ways of remembering the war. Yoshimi Yoshiaki provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 centers where as many as 200,000 Korean, Filipina, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Burmese, Dutch, Australian, and some Japanese women were restrained for months and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Many of the women were teenagers, some as young as fourteen. To date, the Japanese government has neither admitted responsibility for creating the comfort station system nor given compensation directly to former comfort women. This English edition updates the Japanese edition originally published in 1995 and includes introductions by both the author and the translator placing the story in context for American readers.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231120333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko District Court stating that they had been forced into sexual servitude and demanding compensation. Since then the comfort stations and their significance have been the subject of ongoing debate and intense activism in Japan, much if it inspired by Yoshimi's investigations. How large a role did the military, and by extension the government, play in setting up and administering these camps? What type of compensation, if any, are the victimized women due? These issues figure prominently in the current Japanese focus on public memory and arguments about the teaching and writing of history and are central to efforts to transform Japanese ways of remembering the war. Yoshimi Yoshiaki provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 centers where as many as 200,000 Korean, Filipina, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Burmese, Dutch, Australian, and some Japanese women were restrained for months and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Many of the women were teenagers, some as young as fourteen. To date, the Japanese government has neither admitted responsibility for creating the comfort station system nor given compensation directly to former comfort women. This English edition updates the Japanese edition originally published in 1995 and includes introductions by both the author and the translator placing the story in context for American readers.
Women and Wisdom of Japan
Author: Ekiken Kaibara
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
"The Onna Daigaku, or the 'Great learning for women', which is the text of this little book, is ... a half-dogmatised precept exclusively intended for women. The author is Kaibara Ekken, the famous moralist of Japan, who flourished about two hundred years ago."--Introduction.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
"The Onna Daigaku, or the 'Great learning for women', which is the text of this little book, is ... a half-dogmatised precept exclusively intended for women. The author is Kaibara Ekken, the famous moralist of Japan, who flourished about two hundred years ago."--Introduction.