The demographic challenge : a handbook about Japan
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The demographic challenge : a handbook about Japan
Brill, 2008
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Map on front end-paper
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Other editors: Harald Conrad, Annette Schad-Seifert and Gabriele Vogt
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This Handbook explores the challenges population change poses to today's Japan. Bringing together a roster of internationally renowned scholars, it is the first publication in English that deals with Japan's demographic crisis in a comprehensive way, addressing social, economic, political, social security and cultural aspects of Japan's transition.
目次
Introduction
I Fundamentals
Case: The last Japanese
1 Japan's Population Growth during the Past 100 Years
2 Fertility and Mortality
3 Statistical foundations of population projections
4 Regional Demographics
5 Comparisons with Other Countries with the Emphasis on the More Developed Regions
6 History of Demography in Japan
II Social Aspects of Demographic Change
Case: Parental leave: Women and men
7 Social Ageing and the Sociology of Ageing
8 Changing Social Concepts of Age: Towards the Active Senior Citizen
9 Aging society and the Transformation of Work in the Post-Fordist Economy
10 Engaging the Generations: Age-Integrated Facilities
11 Social Problems of Care-Giving
12 Income Inequality in the Ageing Society
13 Changes in Family Structure
Case in point: Time spent with children
14 Changing Family Life Cycle and Partnership Transition - Gender Roles and Marriage Patterns
15 Child Care in a Low Birth Society
16 Transcultural Society
III Cultural Aspects of Demographic Change
17 Traditional Concepts and Images of Old Age in Japan
18 Notions of Life, Old Age and Death in Ageing Japan
19 Population Decline, Municipal Amalgamation, and the Politics of Folk Performance Preservation in Northeast Japan
20 Ancestors, Burial Rites, and Rural Depopulation in Japan
21 Religion in Post-World War II Japan and Social Ageing
22 Coming of Age The Courts and Equality Rights in Japan's Ageing Society
23 The Lexicon of Age: Linguistic Consequences of Population Ageing
24 Population Ageing and Language Change
25 Age and Ageing in Contemporary Japanese Literature
26 Media Use in the Ageing Society
27 Gendered Age
Case: A pet culture in the making
28 Education in the Aged Society: The Demographic Challenge to Japanese Education
29 Ageing Japan and the Transmission of Traditional Skills and Know-How
30 Age-specific Technology: A Demographic Challenge for Design
31 Ageing Tourists, Ageing Destinations: Tourism and Demographic Change in Japan
32 Pastimes
33 Sports and Demographic Change in Japan
IV Political Aspects of Demographic Change
34 Demographics and the State
35 Politics of Old-Age Policy-Making
36 Political Parties in an Ageing Society
37 Civil Society Roles in Elderly Care: A Non-profit Organization Census
38 Neighbourhood Associations and the Demographic Challenge
39 "Induced" Voluntarism: A New Role for Schools?
Case in point: Age structure of volunteers
40 Educational Policy: Framework and Challenges
41 Family Policy: Framework and Challenges
42 Immigration Policy: Frameworks and Challenges
43 Infrastructural Policy: Framework and Challenges
44 Postal Privatization and Its Implications for the Ageing Society
V Economic Aspects of Demographic Change
Case: "Silver" customers: Japan's centenarians 1963-2005
45 Population Ageing and Economic Growth: The Role of Two Demographic Dividends in Japan
46 Macroeconomic Impact and Public Finance Perspectives of the Ageing Society
47 The Impact of the Ageing Society on Regional Economies
48 A survey of Household Saving Behaviour (in Japan)
49 The Ageing Society and Economic Inequality
50 Poverty Among the Elderly
51 Economic Factors in the Declining Birth Rate
52 Labour Market and Labour Market Policies for the Ageing Society
53 Gender Dimensions of the Ageing Workforce
54 Human Resource Management Practices and the Ageing Workforce
55 The Impact of the Ageing Society on Consumer Behaviour and Consumer Markets
Case in point: A ward that takes pride in being traffic safe for the elderly
56 The Ageing Society and Reactions of the Automobile Industry - a Case Study
57 Ageing and the Social Security System (in Japan)
58 Providing Care for the Ageing Society
59 Guardianship for Adults
60 The Public Health-Care System - a Financial Perspective
61 The Public Pension System and the Ageing Society
62 The Search for More Equitable Pensions Between Generations
63 The Restructuring of the Corporate Pension System
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