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To facilitate effective trust management, the Trust Practitioner's
Toolkit contains useful checklists, records and forms and is
designed as a companion to the popular Trust Practitioner's
Handbook. This is an essential support tool and includes over 20
forms and checklists, including ones relating to: - risk management
- tax on trust creation - instructions for trust drafting - trust
information - trust review. The book is designed to act as an aide
memoire for trust practitioners by outlining the procedural tasks
which need to be completed at the various stages of work, including
creating a trust or file review. It will also help to avoid
pitfalls such as missing time limits, filing deadlines, compliance
tasks and recording. The features and guidance will also be of
benefit to more junior members of staff.
Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of
the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political
system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last
couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima a former professor who is now
Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and Gill Steel outline the basic
features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging
manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and
elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have
occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and
how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters.
The authors return time and again to the theme of changes in
representation and accountability.
Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth
that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and
interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they
reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in which politicians and
parties are increasingly listening to and responding to citizens'
needs and interests and the media and other actors play a
substantial role in keeping democratic accountability alive and
healthy. Kabashima and Steel describe how all the political parties
in Japan have adapted the ways in which they attempt to organize
and channel votes and argue that contrary to many journalistic
stereotypes the government is increasingly acting in the "the
interests of citizens" the median voter's preferences."
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.
Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of
the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political
system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last
couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima a former professor who is now
Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and Gill Steel outline the basic
features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging
manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and
elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have
occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and
how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters.
The authors return time and again to the theme of changes in
representation and accountability.
Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth
that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and
interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they
reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in which politicians and
parties are increasingly listening to and responding to citizens'
needs and interests and the media and other actors play a
substantial role in keeping democratic accountability alive and
healthy. Kabashima and Steel describe how all the political parties
in Japan have adapted the ways in which they attempt to organize
and channel votes and argue that contrary to many journalistic
stereotypes the government is increasingly acting in the "the
interests of citizens" the median voter's preferences."
This book explores the differences between the NRB, the RNRB and
the TRNRB and puts each into context with each other. It also
includes guidance on downsizing, the completion of IHT forms and
the impact on Will drafting.
What Women Want analyzes decades of voting preferences, values, and
policy preferences to debunk some of the media and academic myths
about gender gaps in voting and policy preferences. Findings show
that no single theory explains when differences in women's and
men's voting preferences emerge, when they do not, or when
changes-or the lack thereof-occur over time. Steel extends existing
theories to create a broader framework for thinking about gender
and voting behavior to provide more analytical purchase in
understanding gender and its varying effects on individual voters'
preferences. She incorporates the long-term effects of party
identification and class politics on political decision-making,
particularly in how they influence preferences on social provision
and on expectations of the state. She also points to the importance
of symbolic politics.
Why do Japanese women enjoy a high sense of well-being in a context
of high inequality? Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan brings together
researchers from across the social sciences to investigate this
question. The authors analyze women’s values and the lived
experiences at home, in the family, at work, in their leisure time,
as volunteers, and in politics and policy-making. Their research
shows that the state and firms have blurred “the public” and
“the private” in postwar Japan, constraining individuals’
lives, and reveals the uneven pace of change in women’s
representation in politics. Yet, despite these constraints, the
increasing diversification in how people live and how they manage
their lives demonstrates that some people are crafting a variety of
individual solutions to structural problems. Covering a significant
breadth of material, the book presents comprehensive findings that
use a variety of research methods - public opinion surveys,
in-depth interviews, a life history, and participant observation -
and, in doing so, look beyond Japan’s perennially low rankings in
gender equality indices to demonstrate the diversity underneath,
questioning some of the stereotypical assumptions about women in
Japan.
Why do Japanese women enjoy a high sense of well-being in a context
of high inequality? Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan brings together
researchers from across the social sciences to investigate this
question. The authors analyze women's values and the lived
experiences at home, in the family, at work, in their leisure time,
as volunteers, and in politics and policy-making. Their research
shows that the state and firms have blurred "the public" and "the
private" in postwar Japan, constraining individuals' lives, and
reveals the uneven pace of change in women's representation in
politics. Yet, despite these constraints, the increasing
diversification in how people live and how they manage their lives
demonstrates that some people are crafting a variety of individual
solutions to structural problems. Covering a significant breadth of
material, the book presents comprehensive findings that use a
variety of research methods-public opinion surveys, in-depth
interviews, a life history, and participant observation-and, in
doing so, look beyond Japan's perennially low rankings in gender
equality indices to demonstrate the diversity underneath,
questioning some of the stereotypical assumptions about women in
Japan.
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