The changing Japanese family / edited by Marcus Rebick and Ayumi Takenaka.

Other author Rebick, Marcus (Marcus E.)
Other author Takenaka, Ayumi.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Families--Japan.
Households--Japan.
Family demography--Japan.
Family policy--Japan.
Sex role--Japan.
Social change--Japan.
Japan--Social conditions. --21st century.

SeriesRoutledge contemporary Japan series ; 8
Contents The changing Japanese family / Marcus Rebick and Ayumi Takenaka -- Demographics of the Japanese family : entering uncharted territory / Naohiro Ogawa, Robert D. Retherford, and Rikiya Matsukura -- Japanese youth's attitudes towards marriage and child-rearing / Nobuko Nagase -- Strong in tradition and yet innovative : the puzzles of the Italian family / Francesca Bettio -- Changes in the workplace and their impact on the family / Marcus Rebick -- The emergence of "nurturing fathers" : discourses and practices of fatherhood in contemporary Japan / Ayami Nakatani -- Changing language, gender, and family relations in Japan / Tessa Carroll -- Mother-rearing : the social world of mothers in a Japanese suburb / Ayumi Sasagawa -- Policing the Japanese family : child abuse, domestic violence, and the changing role of the state / Roger Goodman -- Changing families and policy responses to an ageing Japanese society / Misa Izuhara -- Different paths to welfare : family transformations, the production of welfare, and future prospects for social care in Italy and Japan / Rossana Trifiletti.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005023719
ISBN0415368081 (hardback : alk. paper)