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Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation - Routledge Contemporary Japan Series 1st edition
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Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation - Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
In recent decades Japan has changed from a strongly growing, economically successful nation regarded as prime example of social equality and inclusion, to a nation with a stagnating economy, a shrinking population and a very high proportion of elderly people. Within this, new forms of inequality are emerging and deepening, and a new model of Japan as 'gap society' (kakusa shakai) has become common-sense. These new forms of inequality are complex, are caused in different ways by a variety of factors, and require deep-seated reforms in order to remedy them. This book provides a comprehensive overview of inequality in contemporary Japan. It examines inequality in labour and employment, in welfare and family, in education and social mobility, in the urban-rural divide, and concerning immigration, ethnic minorities and gender. The book also considers the widespread anxiety effect of the fear of inequality; and discusses how far these developments in Japan represent a new form of social problem for the wider world.
318 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones, 44 b
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 4, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138638983 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 25 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Chiavacci, David |
| Editor | Hommerich, Carola |
