The present study analyzes the livelihood security system of
contemporary Japan in international comparison from a historical
and gender perspective. It posits ?livelihood security systems?
rather than ?welfare states? or ?welfare regimes? as its object of
analysis to enter the role of non-governmental institutions and of
governmental policies reaching beyond income transfers into
vision.
Based on rich statistical materials, the evolution of Japan's
livelihood security system in recent decades is traced to reveal a
rigid male breadwinner orientation increasingly out of step with
social realities. The need for remedying the gender bias built into
Japan's social insurance schemes has been politically highlighted
since the late 1990s, but legislative action has continued to be
deferred.
The author argues that at present the livelihood security system
of Japan is not only dysfunctional, but actually functioning in
reverse, in a sense of furthering social exclusion. The study
concludes with suggestions for a possible reconstruction of Japan's
social security system, arguing for an increased role of the ?third
sector? or ?social economy? in livelihood security and care
provision.
This book will appeal to scholars and students with an interest
in social policy, welfare economics and gender studies, as well as
Japanese politics and society.
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