| Description |
1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Changing Japanese Family; 2. Demographics of the Japanese Family: Entering Uncharted Territory; 3. Japanese Youth's Attitudes Towards Marriage and Child Rearing; 4. Strong in Tradition and Yet Innovative: The Puzzles of the Italian Family; 5. Changes in the Workplace and Their Impact on the Family; 6. The Emergence of 'Nurturing Fathers': Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Contemporary Japan; 7. Changing Language, Gender and Family Relations in Japan |
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8. Mother-Rearing: The Social World of Mothers in a Japanese Suburb9. Policing the Japanese Family: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and the Changing Role of the State; 10. Changing Families and Policy Responses to an Ageing Japanese Society; 11. Different Paths to Welfare: Family Transformations, the Production of Welfare, and Future Prospects for Social Care in Italy and Japan; Index |
| Summary |
The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitudes towards family and societal relationships, and the role of the family in society. This book explores these changes which include an ageing population, delayed marriages, a fallen birth rate, and a decline in three-generational households and family businesses |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Takenaka, Ayumi
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| ISBN |
9780203027820 |
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0203027825 |
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1280517832 |
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9781280517839 |
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