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Beyond crisis and dissonance
— the restructuring of the Japanese welfare state under globalisation | | Author(s) | Mutsuko Takahashi |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 3, pt 3, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 283-290 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Social welfare ; Social policy ; Economics ; Japan. |
| Annotation | In societies affected by globalisation, crisis and dissonance tend to be associated with suspicion of the welfare state. This article, however, attempts to argue in favour of welfare state's crucial role in the formation of the politics of welfare that shapes a basic framework for a policy response to changes in the welfare society. The article begins by illustrating the impacts of globalisation in contemporary Japan, with special reference to changes in family and working practices. It goes on to analyse the current policy debates regarding socialisation of care in which ideological conflicts are manifested. Despite growing vulnerability of the family in Japan's ageing society, informal care-giving work tends to be undervalued, and the stigma attached to the welfare state regarding care of older people and public assistance is persistent. The author discusses how long-term welfare reforms - as efforts of policy change - can be made sense of in Japan for escaping from a vicious circle of crisis and dissonance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040809206 A |
| Classmark | TY: TM2: W: 7DT |
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