Abstract
The pervasive sense of crisis in Japan over the falling birth rate
and aging
society issues is generating an active public debate about gender, the
family,
the organization of the workplace and the policy approaches best able
to cope with these problems. This article considers explanations for
demographic change, then turns to current Japanese family policy, focusing
on the contradiction between formal laws and policies which aim
at supporting families and informal practices which make domestic
responsibilities more burdensome. It attempts to provide insight into
these policies by focusing on the policy process, identifying characteristic
patterns and approaches, strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese political
system.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Administration,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Cited by
34 articles.
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