{"product_id":"welfare-through-work-conservative-ideas-partisan-dynamics-and-social-protection-in-japan-hardback-9780801451058","title":"Welfare Through Work; Conservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics, and Social Protection in Japan (Hardback) 9780801451058","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWelfare Through Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConservative Ideas, Partisan Dynamics, and Social Protection in Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMari Miura (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801451058\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 7 tables, 8 charts - 8 Charts\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMari Miura's book presents an in-depth and detailed approach to the politics of social protection in times of political and economic challenges. This book turns our attention to controversial but important social and political tasks not only in Japan but also in many advanced industrialized countries, most of which have confronted rising inequalities over the past few decades. It will be required reading for years as a valuable addition to the study of Japanese politics, of social protection in advanced industrialized countries, and of the role of ideas in explaining policy changes.\u003c\/p\u003e - Jiyeoun Song (Pacific Affairs) \u003cp\u003eThe subject of this book is the Japanese government's practice of promoting and protecting employment in lieu of offering generous programs of unemployment insurance and social assistance for the poor.. Mari Miura uses the apt phrase 'welfare through work' to characterize this system..\u003ci\u003eWelfare through Work\u003c\/i\u003emakes a valuable contribution to the understanding of Japan's labor market and social protection politics.\u003c\/p\u003e - Gregory J. Kasza (Journal of Japanese Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh economic growth and relatively equitable distribution were among the most conspicuous characteristics of the postwar Japanese political economy. \u003c\/b\u003eThe lure of the Japanese model, however, has faded since the 1990s. Growth is in short supply and equality a thing of the past. In Welfare through Work, Mari Miura looks in depth at Japan's social protection system as a factor in the contemporary malaise of the Japanese political economy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Japanese social protection system should be understood as a system of \"welfare through work,\" Miura suggests, because employment protection has functionally substituted for income maintenance. A gendered dual system in the labor market allowed a high degree of labor market flexibility, which enabled Japan to achieve high employment rates as well as strong legal protections for regular workers. In recent years, conservatives gradually replaced the productivism and cooperatism that had resulted from earlier party politics with neoliberalism, which, in turn, hampered the effectiveness of the welfare through work system. In Miura's view, the dynamics of partisan competition fostered ideational renewal, just as the political visions and ideologies of the governing party strongly affected the design of the social protection system. In the scenario Miura describes, the partisan dynamics since the 1990s resulted in the policy change that further undermined the social protection system, and the ensuing disruption has been felt throughout Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction1. Welfare through Work and the Gendered Dual System2. Situating Japan's Social Protection System in Comparative Perspective3. The Conservative Vision and the Politics of Work and Welfare4. Reforming the Labor Markets5. Who Wants What Reform?6. The Neoliberal Agenda and the Diet Veto7. The Double Movement in Japanese PoliticsConclusion\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52713902113048,"sku":"9780801451058","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/welfare-through-work-conservative-ideas-partisan-dynamics-and-social-protection-in-japan-hardback-9780801451058","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}