Robotic technologies in Japan : narratives of use of technologies for manpower enhancement, not replacement
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Robotic technologies in Japan : narratives of use of technologies for manpower enhancement, not replacement
Edwin Mellen Press, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-135) and index
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Description
This book examines the way in which robotics and the re-deployment of the aged labor pool in Japan could increase economic productivity in order to cope with the demographic challenges facing that country. It provides options for advocates and policy-makers to select arguments most relevant to their interests for deployment in public intellectual discourse and debate.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents: Robotic Technologies in Japan: Narratives of use of technologies for manpower enhancement, not replacement
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Literature Review
- Historical Background
- Table 1 - Japanese Newspaper Articles Collected on the Subject of Robotic Development
- Table 2 - Newspaper Articles from Hong Kong Relevant to Robot Related Interests
- Table 3 - The Frequency of Articles Related to Robots Appearing in the Two Japanese Dailies
- Narratives Related to the Aging Population
- Enhancing Efficiency
- Fieldwork and Textual Analysis Limitations of Reliance on Robotic
- Technologies to Cope With the Demographic Challenge and more. From the Table of Contents: Abstract
- Introduction
- Accommodating changing demographics and resource use: A critical historical and historiographical approach and overview of narratives in this area
- I. Introduction
- II. The nationality of sustainable development (SD)
- III. The disciplining effect of the free market
- IV. Contextuality and situationality
- V. Conclusions and policy implications
- VI. Epilogue: Comparisons between Japan and other Northeast Asian aging societies.
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