Family and Social Policy in Japan

Anthropological Approaches

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Paperback | 26 November 2002

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Social policies reflect and construct important ideas in societies about the relationship between the state and the individual. This 2002 book examines this relationship in a number of hitherto unexplored areas in Japanese society including policies relating to fertility, peri-natal care, child care, child abuse, sexuality, care for the aged and death. The conclusion is that a great change has taken place in all these areas through the 1990s as a consequence of Japan's changing economy, demography and the development of civil society. The case studies, based on intensive anthropological fieldwork, not only demonstrate how and why family and social policies have evolved in the world's second largest economy, but in the process provide a challenge to many of the assumptions of western policymakers. The empirical material contained in this volume will be of interest to anthropologists and to students and practitioners.

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'It is a timely addition to a thoughtful series which counts among its authors leading academics and authorities on key aspects of contemporary Japanese society and culture ... This book, with its further chapters on maternal and child healthcare for foreigners, pre-school education, death policies and citizenship, provides an overview of contemporay Japanese society that cuts through all the time-worn stereotypes and assumptions about the immutability of traditional values and behaviour. It acknowledges that the Japanese social landscape is rapidly changing and looks deep within society to explain these changes.' Asian Affairs

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Anthropology, policy and the study of Japan
Toward a cultural biography of civil society in Japan
Pinning hopes on angels: reflections from an aging Japan's urban landscape
Reproducing identity: maternal and child healthcare for foreigners in Japan
State, standardisation and 'normal' children: an anthropological study of a preschool
Child abuse in Japan: 'discovery' and the development of policy
Touching of the hearts: an overview of programmes to promote interaction between the generations in Japan
Death policies in Japan: the state, the family and the individual
Embodiment, citizenship and social policy in contemporary Japan
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