Demographic change and inequality in Japan
By: edited by Sawako Shirahase
Series: Japanese society series
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781920901639
Subjects: Equality; Population aging; Population
Work titles: Henkasuru shakai no fubyōdō
Description: Japan is a rapidly aging society, with a declining birthrate and increasing lifespan. The nation's youth tend to marry late, and some never do. Further, the number of couples without children is on the rise, and the proportion of senior citizens in the age pyramid is growing at exceptional speed. Demographic change that reflects these transformations now impacts the country's system of social stratification and inequality. In this collective study, a group of leading Japanese sociologists scrutinizes hidden disparities behind the demographic shifts. Using a variety of quantitative data, the authors address Japan's unprecedented experience from sober sociological perspectives.
Notes: First published in Japanese in 2006 by University of Tokyo Press as Henkasuru shakai no fubyōdō.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-235) and index.

English translation of Henkasuru Shakai no Fubyōdō.