The changing Japanese family
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The changing Japanese family
(RoutledgeCurzon contemporary Japan series, 8)
Routledge, 2006
- : hbk
Available at 49 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitudes towards family and societal relationships, and also the role of the family in society. Changing Japanese Family explores these significant changes which include an ageing population, delayed marriages, a fallen birth rate, which has fallen below the level needed for replacement, and a decline in three-generational households and family businesses.
The authors investigate these changes and the effects of them on Japanese society, whilst also setting the study in the context of wider economic and social changes in Japan. They offer interesting comparisons with international societies, especially with Southern Europe, where similar changes to the family and its role are occuring. This fascinating text is essential reading for those with an enthusiasm in Japanese studies but will also engage those with a concern in Japanese culture and society, as well as appealing to a readership with a wider interest in the sociology of the family.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction 1. The Changing Japanese Family Part 2: The Demographic Transition 2. Demographics of the Japanese Family: Entering Uncharted Territory 3. Japanese Youth's Attitudes Towards Marriage and Child-Rearing 4. Strong in Tradition and yet Innovative: The Puzzles of the Italian Family Part 3: The Shifting Gender Balance 5. Changes in the Workplace and their Impact on the Family 6. The Emergence of "Nurturing Fathers": Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Contemporary Japan 7. Changing Language, Gender and Family Relations in Japan Part 4: Shifts in the Boundaries of the Family 8. Mother-Rearing: The Social World of Mothers in a Japanese Suburb 9. Policing the Japanese Family: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and the Changing Role of the State 10. Changing Families and Policy Responses to an Ageing Japanese Society 11. Different Paths to Welfare: Family Transformations, the Production of Welfare, and Future Prospects for Social Care in Italy and Japan
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