Welfare through Work : : Conservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics, and Social Protection in Japan /

Welfare through Work : : Conservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics, and Social Protection in Japan / / Mari Miura.

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High economic growth and relatively equitable distribution were among the most conspicuous characteristics of the postwar Japanese political economy. The lure of the Japanese model, however, has faded since the 1990s. Growth is in short supply and equality a thing of the past. In Welfare through Wor...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Miura, Mari,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 7 tables, 8 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • 1. Welfare through Work and the Gendered Dual System
  • 2. Situating Japan's Social Protection System in Comparative Perspective
  • 3. The Conservative Vision and the Politics of Work and Welfare
  • 4. Reforming the Labor Markets
  • 5. Who Wants What Reform?
  • 6. The Neoliberal Agenda and the Diet Veto
  • 7. The Double Movement in Japanese Politics
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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