Family Life in Japan and Germany

Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-658-26637-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

Reihe: Research

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. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meier-Gräwe, Uta

Schad-Seifert, Annette

Motozawa, Miyoko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gender-sensitive analysis of the family situation in Japan and Germany.- Comparative studies of family policy, welfare and social security institutions.- Empirical surveys and data analysis of the growing diversity of families and households.

Über Autor(innen)

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