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Welfare Through Work : Conservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics, and Social Protection in Japan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801465925
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Welfare Through WorkDDC classification:
  • 331.25/96
LOC classification:
  • HD5708.45.J3
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: This book argues that the Japanese social protection system should be understood as a system of "welfare through work," where employment protection has functionally substituted for income maintenance.
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Intro -- 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.

This book argues that the Japanese social protection system should be understood as a system of "welfare through work," where employment protection has functionally substituted for income maintenance.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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