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Power in contemporary Japan

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Power in contemporary Japan

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Power in contemporary Japanedited by Gill Steel.
other author:	Steel, Gill.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2016.
Description:	xiv, 263 p. :ill., digital ;21 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Power (Social sciences)Japan.
Subject:	JapanCongresses.Economic policy1989-
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59193-7
ISBN:	9781137591937$q(electronic bk.)

Power in contemporary Japan
Power in contemporary Japan[electronic resource] /edited by Gill Steel. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2016. - xiv, 263 p. :ill., digital ;21 cm.

1. Power and Change -- 2. Contesting Children's Citizenship Education: What Should Japanese Children Know? -- 3. Political Socialization -- 4. Negotiating Technology Use in Families -- 5. Who Does the Dishes? Fairness and Household Chores -- 6. Power over Family Policy: Governing of or Governing through Individuals -- 7. Creating Community at Daycare: Deflecting the Power of the State -- 8. Workers and Unions -- 9. Examining Power in Hierarchical Social Networks in East Asia -- 10. The Gender Triad: Men, Women, and Corporations -- 11. Who -- if anyone -- is in charge? Evolving Discourses of Political Power and Bureaucratic Delegation in Postwar Japanese Policymaking -- 12. Holding on to Power: Politicians and Re-election -- 13. Selling the Idea of Local Power: Decentralization Reforms since the 1990s -- 14. Japan in the World: Soft Power, Hard Power.

This book discusses Japanese conceptions of power and presents a complex, nuanced look at how power operates in society and in politics. It rejects stereotypes that describe Japanese citizens as passive and apolitical, cemented into a vertically structured, group-oriented society and shows how citizens learn about power in the contexts of the family, the workplace, and politics. As Japan grapples with the consequences of having one of the oldest and most rapidly ageing populations in the world, it is important for social scientists and policy makers worldwide to understand the choices it makes. Particularly as policy-makers have once again turned their attention to workers, the roles of women, families, and to immigrants as potential 'solutions' to the perceived problem of maintaining or increasing the working population. These studies show the ebb and flow of power over time and also note that power is context-dependent -- actors can have power in one context, but not another.

ISBN: 9781137591937$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-59193-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

750507
Power (Social sciences)
--Japan.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

381143
Japan
--Economic policy--1989- --Congresses.

LC Class. No.: HN730.Z9 / P665 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 303.33

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