Sustainability, diversity, and equality : key challenges for Japan

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Sustainability, diversity, and equality : key challenges for Japan

Kimiko Tanaka, Helaine Selin, editors

(Science across cultures : the history of non-western science, v. 13)

Springer, c2023

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Includes bibliographical references

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内容説明

This book enables readers to understand contemporary Japanese society and culture. Since it is written by experts, it allows readers to start with any chapters they are interested in. It also provides a unique way to introduce Japanese society and culture to those who have never visited or studied Japanese society by reading articles from various authors on topics such as gender, family, economy, natural disasters and politics and laws. It provides scholars, academics, graduate students and the general educated audience all the information required to understand contemporary Japanese society and culture fully and see the diverse perspectives available.

目次

Part 1 Beyond numbers: Japan's demographic challenges and future 1 Single and Unready to Mingle: The Insecure Lifeworlds of Never-Married Japanese Akiko Yoshida and Caitlin Meagher2 Infertility in Relation to Japanese Prenatal Norms Chiaki Shirai3 Patriarchy, Paternalism, and Politics of Reproductive Autonomy: Abortion Rights in Japan Eiko Saeki 4 Aging, Health, and Gender Yuka Minagawa5 A Chronology of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan Takeshi Yoda6 Hikikomori and Belonging in a Post-Pandemic Japan Naomi Berman 7 Migrant Long-Term Care Workers in Japan Rie Miyazaki 8 Will Guestworkers Save Japan? Findings from a Nationwide Municipal Survey Yunchen Tian 9 Precarity and Hope Among Asylum Seekers in Japan Taku Suzuki 10 Japanese Society in the Eyes of Immigrant Families: Focus on the Survival Strategy of Filipino Single Mothers Sachi Takahata and Frieda Joy Angelica Olay Ruiz11 Depopulation Susanne Klien 12 Rural In-Migrants: Embracing Sustainable Lifestyles for a Post-Growth Society? Simona Zollet 13 A Regional Revitalization Strategy for Areas with Declining Populations: Transforming Tourists Into Local Actors Hiroki Tahara 14 Creating a Sustainable Society Beyond Times of Crisis Hiroki Nakamura 15 Displacement and Return: University Campuses as Ba and Ibasho for Sustainability Co-creation. Peter Hourdequin Part 2 The myth of homogeneity: Ignorance, discrimination, and prejudice towards soto 16 Education, Cultural Capital, and Social Class Reproduction Yoko Yamamoto 17 Buraku Issues: Changes and Challenges Christopher Bondy 18 Toward "No Homeless" Public Spaces? Homeless Policy and a Crisis of Japanese Urban Society Mahito Hayashi19 Kodomo Shokudo (Children's Cafeterias): Changing Families and Social Inequality in Japan Junko Nanahoshi20 Reimagining Japan Through the Experiences of Mixed Japanese Yuna Sato, Yu-Anis Aruga, and Sayaka Osanami Toerngren 21 Redefining Japaneseness: Blackness, Whiteness, and the Discordant Discourse of Diversity in Japan John G. Russell 22 Questioning Xenophobia in Japan: Racism, Decolonization, and Human Rights Sara Park 23 Life Stories, Historical Background, and Current Situations of the Ainu: The Story of Noto Vince Okada Part 3 Gender inequality: Challenging gender roles and the gender binary 24 Japan's Gender Inequality in Economics and Politics Since 1945 and the Policies That Engineered it Emma Dalton 25 Japan's Glass Ceiling: Contradictions in Gender Discourse and Institutional Support for Ie (Family) Robert C. Marshall 26 Surnames and Gender in Japan Hiromi Taniguchi and Gayle Kaufman 27 Family, Graves, and Gender in Japan Kimiko Tanaka 28 Male Caregivers in Japan: Between Care and Masculinity Mao Saito 29 LGBTQ Activism in Contemporary Japan: Prospects and Perspectives Patrick Carland 30 Nationalism and Queer Politics in Postwar Japan Kazuyoshi Kawasaka

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BD03814750
  • ISBN
    • 9783031363306
  • 出版国コード
    sz
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cham
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvii, 470 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
  • 親書誌ID
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