240 Pages
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Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The present study analyzes the livelihood security system of contemporary Japan in international comparison from a historical and gender perspective. It posits ‘livelihood security systems’ rather than ‘welfare states’ or ‘welfare regimes’ as its object of analysis to enter the role of non-governmental institutions and of governmental policies reaching beyond income transfers into vision.
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Introduction: The Aims and Structure of this Book Chapter 1: From welfare regimes to livelihood security systems Chapter 2: The livelihood security systems approach Chapter 3: The 1990s - Japan's lost decade Chapter 4: Japan in international comparison at the turn of the century Chapter 5: Taking Stock of the Koizumi reforms Chapter 6: Beyond exclusion - building a cohesive society
Biography
Mari Osawa is Professor at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo.
