Annette Schad-Seifert

Shingo Shimada

Comparative Perspectives

Demographic Change in Japan and the EU

Florian Coulmas

This handbook explores the challenges demographic change pose twenty-first century Japan. The first part gives the fundamental data involved, and the subsequent parts address the social, cultural, political, economic and social security aspects of Japan's demographic change.

A Handbook About Japan

The Demographic Challenge

Uta Meier-Gräwe

Miyoko Motozawa

This volume addresses the family situation in Japan and Germany. Gender-segregated labor markets and precarious employment patterns bear detrimental consequences for the socioeconomic capacity to maintain family households and to have children. By applying a gender-sensitive approach, this volume’s focus is on the impact of family law, family policy , and family support measures. Scholars from Japan and Germany examine differences and characteristics of social security legislation, intergenerational support systems, single-parent families, inequality among households and poverty situations, local domestic and care service provision, female labor market participation, parental leave systems, organization of child care, domestic violence, historical developments of housework as an institution, and labor market policies.

Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy

Family Life in Japan and Germany

Harald Conrad

Gabriele Vogt

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.

The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan

Nora Kottmann

Die Auswirkungen der gegenwärtigen Krise in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen wie Regierungspolitik, Arbeitsmarkt, Wohlfahrt, Familien- und Beziehungsstrukturen sind Thema des vorliegenden Sammelbandes der Herausgeberinnen Annette Schad-Seifert und Nora Kottmann. Die sozialwissenschaftlichen Studien informieren umfassend zu gesellschaftspolitischen Debatten und bieten empirische Analysen zu Reproduktion, (Liebes-)Beziehungen und Pflege, Work-Life-Balance, Migration, Jugendkriminalität sowie Ernährung und Nachhaltigkeit. Zusammenfassend wird so die Vielschichtigkeit der Krise(nphänomene) aufgezeigt und weiterer Handlungsbedarf in aller Dringlichkeit offengelegt. Darüber hinaus wird aber auch auf die Chancen zivilgesellschaftlicher Bewältigungsstrategien verwiesen.

Soziale Herausforderungen und Bewältigungsstrategien

Japan in der Krise

Annette Schad-Seifert

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