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Between policy and practice — Japan's Silver Human Resource Centers as viewed from the inside
Author(s)	Glenda S Roberts
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 8, nos 2/3, 1996
Pages	pp 115-132
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Employment schemes [elderly] ; Sexual equality ; Social class ; Japan.
Annotation	The Silver Human Resource Centers (SHRC) were first established in 1980 to address the economic and psychological needs of Japan's growing numbers of senior citizens. The SHRCs introduce people to jobs in their area and from which they receive remuneration for services performed. This article examines the gap between SHRC members' evaluation of the SHRCs and SHRC guidelines, as stated in their published literature and in interviews with administrators. The analysis explores members' reasons for participation, discusses their assessments of it, examines gender and social class differences in programme planning and participation, and examines the Ministry of Labour's plan for new directions for the SHRCs. Although new policy directions may address many members' concerns, they do not attempt to question or change the status quo of the gender division of labour in Japanese society.
Accession Number	CPA-960306507 A
Classmark	GC: GD: TM8: T: 7DT
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