Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies of the East Asian Institute |
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Studies of the East Asian Institute.
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Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Politics of Interests -- Ch. 3. For the Good of the Nation: Prewar Abortion and Contraception Policy -- Ch. 4. Japan Legalizes Abortion: The Intersection of National and Professional Interests -- Ch. 5. The Politics of Abortion: Movements to Revise the Eugenic Protection Law (1952-2000) -- Ch. 6. Abortion before Birth Control: Japanese Contraception Policy (1945-1960) -- Ch. 7. The Politics of the Pill (1955-2000) -- Ch. 8. Conclusion |
Summary |
Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. In this carefully researched study, Tiana Norgren argues that these contradictory policies flowed from very different historical circumstances and interest group configurations. Doctors and family planners used a small window of opportunity during the Occupation to legalize abortion, and afterwards, doctors and women battled religious groups to uphold the law. The pill, on the other hand, first appeared at an inauspicious moment in history. Until circumstances began to change in the mid-1980s, the pharmaceutical industry was the pill's lone champion: doctors, midwives, family planners, and women all opposed the pill as a potential threat to their livelihoods, abortion rights, and women's health. Clearly written and interwoven with often surprising facts about Japanese history and politics, Norgren's book fills vital gaps in the cross-national literature on the politics of reproduction, a subject that has received more attention in the European and American contexts. Abortion Before Birth Control will be a valuable resource for those interested in abortion and contraception policies, gender studies, modern Japanese history, political science, and public policy |
Analysis |
Agricultural Basic Law |
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Aoshiba no kai |
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Asia Josei Kaigi |
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Chūpiren |
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Dai Nippon Seiyaku |
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Domo to Akiko |
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Drug Bureau |
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Eugenic Protection Committee |
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Fortune magazine |
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Fukuda Amano |
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Garon, Sheldon |
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Gordon, Linda |
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HIV infection |
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Hashimoto Ryūgo |
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Hinoue Sadao |
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Ichikawa Fusae |
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Iwamoto Misako |
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Jansson Yumiko |
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Japan National Railways |
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Japan Teacher's Union |
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Kanemaru Shin |
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LaFleur, William |
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Lowi, Theodore |
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Majima Yutaka |
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Medical Affairs Bureau |
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Murakawa Ichiro |
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Nagai Sen |
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New Life movement (1950s) |
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Nippon Times |
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Noriko Tsuya |
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Ogino, Miho |
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Organon |
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Potter, Joseph |
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Progressive Era |
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Public Health Council |
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Quinoform |
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Saxton, Marsha |
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Searle |
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Shio Nogi |
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Tanaka Kōtarō |
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abortion campaign of 1931 (Germany) |
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barrier birth control methods |
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collective action theory |
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contraceptive marketing |
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corporatism |
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dynamic constraints model |
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familial feminism |
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feedback effect |
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gaiatsu strategy |
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midwives |
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relational feminism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Abortion -- Japan
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Birth control -- Government policy -- Japan
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Family size -- Japan
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Women -- Japan -- Social conditions
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Human rights.
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History.
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Abortion.
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Reproductive technology.
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Industries.
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Social sciences.
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Non-governmental organizations.
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Social control.
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Contraceptives.
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Obstetrics -- Surgery.
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Humanities.
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Therapeutics.
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Sociology.
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Medical care.
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Surgery, Operative.
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Consumers' leagues.
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Oral contraceptives.
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People with disabilities.
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Women's rights.
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Medicine -- History.
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Contraception.
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Pharmaceutical industry.
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Politics, Practical.
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Political planning.
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Persons.
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Contraceptive Agents, Female
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Social Control Policies
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Human Rights
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History
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Abortion, Induced
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Reproductive Techniques
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Industry
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Social Sciences
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Persons
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Organizations
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History, Modern 1601-
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Social Control, Formal
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Policy
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Health Care Economics and Organizations
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Contraceptive Agents
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Obstetric Surgical Procedures
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Humanities
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Named Groups
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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
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Therapeutics
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Reproductive Control Agents
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Sociology
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Delivery of Health Care
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Technology, Industry, Agriculture
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Therapeutic Uses
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Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Pharmacologic Actions
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Chemical Actions and Uses
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Chemicals and Drugs
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Consumer Organizations
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Contraceptives, Oral
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Disabled Persons
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History, 20th Century
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Public Policy
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Legislation as Topic
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Abortion, Legal
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Women's Rights
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Abortion, Eugenic
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History of Medicine
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Contraception
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Drug Industry
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Politics
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Societies
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Patient Care
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sociology.
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people (agents)
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social sciences.
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history (discipline)
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humanities.
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history of medicine.
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politics.
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treating (health care function)
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Associations, institutions, etc.
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Women's rights
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Therapeutics
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Surgery, Operative
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Sociology
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Social sciences
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Social control
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Reproductive technology
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Politics, Practical
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Political planning
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Persons
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People with disabilities
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Oral contraceptives
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Obstetrics -- Surgery
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Non-governmental organizations
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Medicine
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Medical care
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Industries
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Humanities
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Human rights
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History
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Contraceptives
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Contraception
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Consumers' leagues
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Abortion
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Birth control -- Government policy
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Family size
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Social conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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Anticonceptie.
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Abortus provocatus.
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Women.
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Gender identity.
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Gender.
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Avortement -- Japon -- 1945- ...
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Régulation des naissances -- Politique publique -- Japon -- 1945- ...
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Famille -- Dimension -- Japon -- 1945- ...
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Femmes -- Japon -- Conditions sociales.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Japan
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Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic books.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
00066941 |
ISBN |
0691070040 |
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9780691070049 |
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0691070059 |
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9780691070056 |
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9781400843862 |
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1400843863 |
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