Welfare through work : conservative ideas, partisan dynamics, and social protection in Japan / Mari Miura
- Author
- Miura, Mari
- Published
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
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- Series
- Language Note
- In English.
- Contents
- Welfare through work and the gendered dual system -- Situating Japan's social protection system in comparative perspective -- The conservative vision and the politics of work and welfare -- Reforming the labor markets -- Who wants what reform? -- The neoliberal agenda and the Diet veto -- The double movement in Japanese politics.
- 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"--Publisher's Web site.
- Subject(s)
- Job security—Political aspects—Japan
- Public welfare—Japan
- Economic assistance, Domestic—Japan
- Labor policy—Japan
- Conservatism—Japan
- Sécurité d'emploi—Aspect politique—Japon
- Aide sociale—Japon
- Aide au développement économique régional—Japon
- Travail—Politique gouvernementale—Japon
- Conservatisme—Japon
- HISTORY—Asia—Japan
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Labor
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Labor & Industrial Relations
- Conservatism
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Labor policy
- Public welfare
- Social policy
- Japan—Social policy
- Japan
- ISBN
- 9780801451058 cloth : alk. paper
9780801465482 ebook
0801465486
0801465923 (electronic bk.)
9780801465925 (electronic bk.)
0801451051 (cloth ; alk. paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- PDF
text file - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-200) and index.
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