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Social Change and Social Policy in Japan
In: International journal of Japanese sociology, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 4-15
ISSN: 1475-6781
AbstractThis paper aims to present and discuss social change and social policy in Japan after the mid‐20th century from a sociological viewpoint. Japanese social change and social policy from the mid‐20th century onward can be categorized into three models in chronological order: escape from mass poverty by means of industrialization, improvement of the social security system to establish a welfare state, and parallel progress of aspiration for a welfare society and workfare. Defined concretely, these are (1) the period that established and improved social security, which started immediately after the end of World War II and ended in 1973, when Japan began to suffer from low growth after enjoying high growth; (2) the period in which finance for social security was adjusted, halfway through which the country experienced a bubble economy; and (3) the period after the 1990s, in which the structural reform of social security went hand‐in‐hand with labor policy and the advent of globalization. In each of the three periods, the direction of social policy was affected by factors that caused changes in such areas as industrial structure (the decline of agriculture), demographic structure (an aging society), and family structure and work pattern (the growing trend of nuclear families, single‐person households, and irregular employment). In Japan, life security now attracts increasing attention, and employment security rather than social security has been the central issue. As it is greatly affected by globalization, employment security grows less conspicuous and makes the vulnerability of social security grow more conspicuous. Social policy has the potential to become an area with which to struggle for national integration and fissures between social groups.
Media Environment and Children's and Adolescents' Bodies
In: Journal of educational sociology: Kyōiku-shakaigaku-kenkyū, Band 63, Heft 0, S. 39-57
ISSN: 2185-0186
Welfare state, middle class and welfare society
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 49, Heft 3, S. 352-371
ISSN: 1884-2755
Interorganizational relations in the policy making system for public assistance
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 408-425,504
ISSN: 1884-2755
Introduction
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 392-394
ISSN: 1884-2755
From Well-educated Sociology to DIY or Life-size Sociology
In: Shakaigaku hyōron: Japanese sociological review, Band 56, Heft 3, S. 601-613
ISSN: 1884-2755