| Family and Social Policy in Japan: Anthropological Approaches Contributor(s): Goodman, Roger (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511806558 ISBN-13: 9780511806551 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 361.61 |
| Series: Contemporary Japanese Society |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social policies reflect important ideas about the relationship between the state and the individual. This book examines this relationship in a number of unexplored areas in Japanese society, including policies relating to fertility, perinatal care, child care, sexuality and elder care. It concludes that a major transformation occurred during the 1990s as a result of Japan's changing economy, demography and civil society. The volume challenges many Western preconceptions about Japanese society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goodman, Roger: - Roger Goodman is lecturer in the social anthropology of Japan at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies and the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford. His publications include Children of the Japanese State: The Changing Role of Child Protection Institutions in Contemporary Japan (2000) and The East Asian Welfare Model: Welfare Orientalism and the State (1998). |