Title: The emergence of welfare society in Japan /
Authors: Takahashi, Mutsuko.
Publisher: Avebury,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Public welfare Japan; Welfare state.; Japan Social policy.; Japan Social conditions
Contents: Note on romanisation of Japanese language and names -- 1. Settings -- 2. Welfare policy in Japan before 1945 -- 3. The Occupation reforms -- 4. Welfare in the post-war Japanese political culture -- 5. Local and grass-roots perspectives on welfare -- 6. The turn of the tide -- reviews of welfare -- 7. The discourses on Japanese-model welfare society -- 8. The reforms of welfare in the 1980s -- 9. In search of solidarity towards the 21st century -- 10. Conclusions.