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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

"Historians have noted that gay identity is central to the history of capitalism, but because of an assumption that workplaces were "straight spaces" in which queer people passed, historians of sexuality have had almost nothing to say about work, instead directing their attention to the street and to the bar. This book presents employment and the accompanying fear of job loss as one of the most salient features of queer life for most of the twentieth century, and looks at the political and legal developments of gay labor in the workplace, alongside the histories of women's, minorities', and immigrants' labor. Starting midcentury with the Lavender Scare-the federal government's massive purge of gay people from the Civil Service-the book traces how workplaces opened to gay workers, albeit unevenly, over the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a number of archival sources and interviews, this is a history of the workplace that shows larger structural change while also giving voice to many underrepresented individuals. Throughout, Margot Canaday emphasizes the concept of precariousness, a commonly deployed category within labor studies to designate that expanding category of workers in industrial societies who are detached from permanent, standardized, secure, and protected employment. While women and racial minorities also share this longer history of precarious work, the LGBT experience was a particularly powerful precedent for the changing character of economic life at the end of the 20th century. Despite that, the book shows that workplaces were surprisingly responsive to demands from gay employees for protection and benefits. Canaday shows that business was out ahead of both the government and labor unions in offering antidiscrimination protection and domestic partner benefits to gay workers. The final part of the book traces how gay rights came to be the most marketized/privatized civil rights social movement and how we should consider the gay experience in the workplace not as marginal or atypical but as central and predictive for all workers."

Eigenheim, Hochzeit, beruflicher Erfolg, Kinder - und bitte alles noch in deinen 30ern! So lautet die heteronormative Mustervorlage fürs gute Leben. Weichen insbesondere Frauen davon ab, bekommen sie es mit Erzählungen über abgefahrene Züge, tickende Uhren und verpasste Chancen zu tun. Kurz gesagt: Mach-mal-hinne-Belehrungen auf allen Ebenen. Wie sehr das unter Druck setzen und die mentale Gesundheit angreifen kann, hat Autorin Jennifer Klinge selbst erlebt. In Auch gut! erzählt sie von ihrem Weg voller Hürden und erfolgreichen Strategien, um sich von Erwartungen zu lösen - mit interessanten Facts übers patriarchal konstruierte Frausein und mit Interviews von Frauen, die fernab der Blaupause ein spannendes Leben führen und einfach fabelhaft inspirieren. Ein rundum ehrliches und sehr persönliches Buch, das zeigt: Selbstdefinierte Meilensteine und Lust aufs eigene Timing können einfach auch gut sein!

This practical yet cutting-edge Handbook includes both established and innovative methods for studying identity in management, organisations, and cognate fields. Incorporating a breadth of narrative, visual, ethnographic and embodied methods, as well as ways for analysing naturally occurring data, this Handbook offers exciting new interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of identity in and around organisations.Notions of identity have gained much momentum in organisation and management studies over the past 20 years, however, identity scholars tend to rely on a limited set of methods in their research. Looking beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries, the Handbook draws on ideas from management studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and the arts. With cutting-edge methods on the various facets and dynamics of identity, it is integral reading for the future progress of reflexive and dialogical social constructions for studying identity.This refreshing Handbook will be valuable to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines including business and management, psychology and sociology, but with a common interest in studying identity in and around organisations. With consistent practical methodology, consultants, facilitators and management practitioners, who aim to develop identities among individuals, groups, and organisations will also benefit widely from this

For 1-semester principles of macroeconomics courses. An intuitive and grounded approach to economics Macroeconomics gets students to think like economists by incorporating the latest policy, data and discussions on important global issues. The 14th Edition emphasizes real-world applications, the development of critical-thinking skills, diagrams renowned for their pedagogy and clarity, and path-breaking technology. Hallmark features in the chapter openings and endings encourage students to think critically about a news article relating to the issue, demonstrating how thinking like an economist can bring a clearer perspective to, and deeper understanding of, today's events. Hallmark features of this title Concepts connect to economics in the real world Economics in Action and Economics in the News boxes have students link models and chapter tools to the economic world around them. Interviews with Economists feature leading economists from diverse backgrounds who share what inspired them to pursue a career in economics. Ample opportunities for practice Worked Problems, consisting of questions, solutions and key figures, help students to learn-by-doing and actively, rather than passively, review the chapter content. In-text Review Quizzes reinforce major concepts and test students' knowledge of the topics just discussed. New and updated features of this title Coverage of the impact of a changing macroeconomic market UPDATED: All chapters are updated to include the latest data on the national accounts (Ch. 4), the labor market and price indexes (Ch. 5), economic growth (Ch. 6), interest rates and loanable funds (Ch. 7), banks and the money market (Ch. 8), the exchange rate and balance of payments (Ch. 9), the short-run Phillips curve tradeoff (Ch. 12), fiscal policy (Ch. 13), and monetary policy (Ch. 14). NEW: 8 chapters have an analysis of news