Research Catalog

Title

The political economy of Japan's low fertility / edited by Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.

Description

xiii, 222 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Fertility, Human > Japan
• Women > Japan > Social conditions
• Women > Japan > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction and overview. The political economy of low fertility / Frances McCall Rosenbluth ; Women's economic status and fertility: Japan in cross-national perspective / Sawako Shirahase -- Constraints on the demand for female labor. Gendering the varieties of capitalism: gender bias in skills and social policy / Margarita Estévez Abe ; Gendered offices: a comparative-historical examination of clerical work in Japan and the United States / Mary C. Brinton ; Employment options: Japan in comparative perspective / Eiko Kenjoh -- Constraints on women's supply of labor. Policies to support working mothers and children in Japan / Patricia Boling ; The political economy of daycare centers in Japan / Junichiro Wada ; The privatized education market and maternal employment in Japan / Keiko Hirao -- Conclusions and prescriptions. Conclusion / Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

Call Number

JBE 07-370

ISBN

• 0804754861 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780804754866 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006007573

OCLC

64595871

Title

The political economy of Japan's low fertility / edited by Frances McCall Rosenbluth.

Imprint

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.

Research Call Number

JBE 07-370