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Family Life in Japan and Germany

Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy

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Editors:
  1. Uta Meier-Gräwe

    1. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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  2. Miyoko Motozawa

    1. Tsukuba University of Technology, Osaka, Japan

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  3. Annette Schad-Seifert

    1. Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  • A sociological study

  • Comparative family policy research

  • Sociology of family

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Uta Meier-Gräwe, Miyoko Motozawa, Annette Schad-Seifert
    Pages 1-15

  3. Historical Context and Current Situation of Family Life and Institutional Changes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Family Policy in Japan: General Policies for the Family in an Aging Society with a Declining Birth Rate

      • Miyoko Motozawa
      Pages 19-36

    3. From the Skeptical to the Overburdened Generation

      • Hans Bertram
      Pages 37-62

  4. Family Policy in Germany: Impact on Social Conditions of Precarity and Risks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Addressing Poverty Risks of Lone Mothers in Germany: Social Law Framework and Labour Market Integration

      • Eva Maria Hohnerlein
      Pages 65-90

    3. Collaboration of Local Partners: Networking and Community Orientation

      • Uta Meier-Gräwe
      Pages 91-105

    4. Day-To-Day Work. Why we Need to Reorganise it Within Society and Distribute it Fairly by Gender

      • Uta Meier-Gräwe
      Pages 107-132

  5. Family Policy in Japan: Structural Reforms and Their Effectiveness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Infrastructural Family Policy in Japan: Parental Evaluation

      • Barbara Holthus
      Pages 135-156

    3. Womenomics: A Model for a New Family Policy in Japan?

      • Annette Schad-Seifert
      Pages 157-176

    4. Japanese Child Caring Men (Ikumen) and Achieving Work-Life Balance

      • Masako Ishii-Kuntz
      Pages 177-198

    5. Current Situation of Domestic Violence in Japan

      • Chie Maekoya
      Pages 199-216

  6. Germany and Japan in Comparison: Similarities and Differences of Welfare Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. End of the Housewife Paradigm? The Comparative Development of Work-Family Models in Germany and Japan

      • Yoko Tanaka
      Pages 219-265

    3. The Politics of Balancing Flexibility and Equality: A Comparison of Recent Equal Pay Reforms in Germany and Japan

      • Steffen Heinrich
      Pages 267-294

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 295-297
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About this book

This volume addresses the family situation in Japan and Germany. Gender-segregated labor markets and precarious employment patterns bear detrimental consequences for the socioeconomic capacity to maintain family households and to have children. By applying a gender-sensitive approach, this volume’s focus is on the impact of family law, family policy , and family support measures. Scholars from Japan and Germany examine differences and characteristics of social security legislation, intergenerational support systems, single-parent families, inequality among households and poverty situations, local domestic and care service provision, female labor market participation, parental leave systems, organization of child care, domestic violence, historical developments of housework as an institution, and labor market policies. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany

    Uta Meier-Gräwe

  • Tsukuba University of Technology, Osaka, Japan

    Miyoko Motozawa

  • Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Annette Schad-Seifert

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Uta Meier-Gräwe, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany

Prof. Dr. jur. Miyoko Motozawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Prof. Dr. Annette Schad-Seifert, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Life in Japan and Germany

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy

  • Editors: Uta Meier-Gräwe, Miyoko Motozawa, Annette Schad-Seifert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26638-7

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-26637-0Published: 31 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-26638-7Published: 22 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 297

  • Number of Illustrations: 73 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Family, Social Policy, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

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