Misa Izuhara
Biographic Data
| ID | 307749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Misa Izuhara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Misa |
| FAMILY NAME | Izuhara |
| SIGNATURE | IZUHARA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1306-9448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 134 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The familisation of student finance: Connecting housing, finance and inequality outcomes in higher education
This article explores how university students in England navigate intensifying financial pressures driven by rising living and housing costs and declining state funding in the form of maintenance loans. Drawing on qualitative data from focus group interviews with university students in a city with a highly competitive housing market, our research examines the lived experiences and coping strategies of students and the role of family finance in sh…
The Neighbours of Intergenerational Housing: The Institutional Construction of Elevated Neighbour Relations in Student-Senior Housing Projects
In advanced economies, intergenerational student-senior housing is being touted as a combined solution to two separate issues: social isolation of older people and affordability crises in student housing. Students and older people live together in these models and principally students, through discounted rent arrangements, offer care or friendship to their senior neighbours. What is striking about these schemes is how they elevate the role of nei…
Cohousing and the role of intermediaries in later life transitions
Mutual support among residents in collaborative housing for older people presents an alternative care model to family or formal social care provided in individuals’ homes or specialised care facilities. This is particularly the case in cohousing, where residents commit to mutual support and exercise autonomy through self-governance. Cohousing also supports the ageing processes by fostering greater wellbeing and significantly lessening social isol…
Collaborative housing communities through the Covid-19 pandemic: Rethinking governance and mutuality
The national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the prevalence and importance of informal mutual support in neighbourhoods and social networks. Mutual support structures and functions are strong in collaborative housing, in which people often intentionally form resident communities to enhance support practices. Using qualitative methods, this article examines how lockdown restrictions have impacted on practices of mutual s…
Reconceptualising co-residence in post-growth Japanese society
Three-generation co-residence, derived from the pre-war family system, was a common living arrangement among Japanese families until the proportion of nuclear family households became dominant in the period of economic growth following the Second World War. Financial affluence among ageing parents due to pensions and personal savings, and changes in lifestyle and attitudes, stimulated the growth of elderly-only households from the 1970s. In conte…
Inheritance and family conflicts: Exploring asset transfers shaping intergenerational relations
In contemporary societies with slower economic growth and increased rates of home ownership, asset transfers are of increasing importance for families as a way of transmitting advantages over generations. Compared to the positive impact, however, little is known about how inheritance generates disputes, tensions or dissatisfaction among family members, and how law, policy and practice play a role in this process. Drawing evidence from English cou…
Emerging Adulthood Transitions in Japan
Post-war Japanese adulthood derived from a hegemonic framework in which young people formed home-owning family households featuring “salary-men” and female-homemakers. Since the 1980s, however, along with prolonged economic downturn, Japanese adult transitions have become increasingly fragmented and non-linear. A growing concern has been the social, economic and ontological individualisation of younger adults, resulting in a phenomenal decline in…
Reconsidering the Housing Asset-Based Welfare Approach: Reflection from East Asian Experiences
Housing is a platform of wealth accumulation in many home-owning societies. Ownership of assets often contributes to help people build social capital, influence their social participation and helps them access increasingly privatised goods and services. Such ‘asset-based welfare’ has been fashionable in Western academic circles, considering the ways in which housing could become a real or potential welfare resource. It may not, however, be such a…
Towards individualising couple finance: Women’s housing assets and household decisions in Japan
Individualisation, which is increasingly promoted in European welfare states, tends to be absent from policy discourse as well as housing studies in Japan. It is largely because the ‘family as a unit’ is still a dominant approach in their household finance, social security and taxation systems, which also reflects women’s lack of home ownership. However, recent demographic trends such as falling marriage rates, low fertility and increased female …
Life-course Diversity, Housing Choices and Constraints for Women of the ‘Lost’ Generation in Japan
This article explores housing choices and trajectories of women in their 30s during a period of new risks and opportunities in Japan's post-growth urban context. Due to the economic recession and the broader context of neoliberal globalization, there has been an observed delay among post-youth adults in their progression through the life-course. Many of the life-course transitions including leaving parental home, family formation and purchasing h…
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Active Families’: Familization, Housing and Welfare across Generations in E ast A sia
Debates around welfare change have tended to concentrate on the balance between market and state provision. Although there is increasing reference to a mixed economy of welfare, this generally signifies a greater emphasis on a third sector of voluntary/community level provision. However, the family sphere has been, and still remains, an important and dynamic source of welfare provision across changing regimes and between generations. With this as…
Housing Histories and Intergenerational Dynamics in Tokyo
The housing landscape of Tokyo has shifted dramatically from a housing shortage immediately after World War II, to an urban sprawl driven by the ‘salaried men's dream’ of a single-family home, to the more recent popularity of high-rise living. Tokyo as a global megacity provides a distinctive picture given its density, culture and changing economic fortunes in the postwar period. This article draws on qualitative research conducted in Tokyo among…
The Shaping of Housing Histories in Shanghai
During the last half century or so, China has probably experienced more dramatic and fundamental changes than most other societies. Housing and family life have been embedded in a series of far-reaching societal changes, notably the communist victory of 1949, the period of the Cultural Revolution and the more recent drive towards a more market oriented society, with housing reforms at the forefront. This paper examines the way in which housing hi…
Ageing and intergenerational relationsFamily reciprocity from a global perspective: Family Reciprocity from a Global Perspective
"With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This exciting book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and so…
Ageing and intergenerational relations: Family reciprocity from a global perspective
Shifting Trajectories of Homeownership in Japan
In contemporary Japanese society, ‘post-bubble’ housing debates are being shaped by labour market restructuring, demographic change and policy shifts. In this context, this paper explores shifting trajectories of homeownership using three specific housing debates: ‘the emergence of a gap society’, ‘increasing single-person households’ and ‘housing assets in later life’. By exploring these various debates, it attempts to highlight how housing, dem…
Exploring the demographic location of housing wealth in East Asia
The spread of homeownership has had a profound impact on the pattern of life chances and opportunities across a wide range of societies with varying effects within and between generations. Particular attention has been paid to the impact of inheritance and inter vivos transfers associated with the growth of housing wealth. Both academics and policy makers have been concerned with its wider implications for the distribution of wealth. Most comment…
Women and Housing Assets in the Context of Japan's Home-owning Democracy
Despite the fact that women's rights have been increasingly defined as equal to men's in law and policy, in post-Second World War Japan women continue to be at a disadvantage in many aspects of social and economic life. Drawing from a survey of 2,205 Japanese women, this article focuses in particular on women's home ownership as a new catalyst behind increasing social stratification in Japan. The women's experiences are closely linked to Japan's …
The Care of the Elderly in Japan (review)
Reviewed by: The Care of the Elderly in Japan Misa Izuhara (bio) The Care of the Elderly in Japan. By Yongmei Wu. RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2004. xvi, 224 pages. £65.00. This is a fascinating book originating from the author's doctoral work, which cleverly marries a broader conceptual framework with detailed analysis of her case study. As the author claims, this is the first English publication of an anthropological study on Japanese institutional…
Residential Property, Cultural Practices and the 'Generational Contract' in England and Japan
Throughout the post-war period, there have been increased prospects of inheritance in many capitalist societies, brought about by growing economies and labour markets as well as growth in the homeownership sector. This article aims to examine the commonalities and differences in views and strategies adopted by older homeowners in England and Japan towards accumulation of their housing assets and the disposal of them in later life. Changes in hous…
Home or hell: Older tenants' experiences in the private rented sector
Issues raised here are drawn from the findings of a housing investigation that explored harassment and abuse of older tenants in the private rented sector. The project examined older people's experiences and raised important links between health and housing. The article highlights financial abuse directed towards these older people and examines implications for professionals and agencies
Negotiating Family Support? The 'Generational Contract' between long-term Care and Inheritance
Using qualitative interviews with 54 older people, this article explores the changing patterns of the 'generational contract' in contemporary Britain and Japan. In particular, this article presents a cross-national comparison concerning the exchange of housing assets and long-term care between older parents and their adult children in the context of different laws, cultures, social policy and housing markets. The concepts of intergenerational sol…
Comparing social policies: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, both Britain and Japan are facing similar issues caused by globalisation, slower economic growth, and a rapidly ageing population. Social policy in the two societies, which has developed differently due to the differences in their national resources, socio-economic systems, cultural values and political agendas, is at an interesting turning point. Comparing social policies: examines topical issues wit…
Comparing social policiesExploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, both Britain and Japan are facing similar issues caused by globalisation, slower economic growth and a rapidly ageing population. Social policy in the two societies, which has developed differently due to the differences in their national resources, socio-economic systems, cultural values and political agendas, is at an interesting turning point. This book examines topical issues with up-to-date infor…
Care and inheritance: Japanese and English perspectives on the ‘generational contract’
This article explores the changing nature and patterns of the ‘generational contract’, with particular reference to the exchange of nursing care and housing assets between older parents and their adult children. Inheritance practices and attitudes are used to examine the ways in which socio-economic, demographic and policy changes have recently altered the conventional arrangements in Japanese society. The previously defined ‘generational contrac…
A life-time of inequality: A structural analysis of housing careers and issues facing older private tenants
While the majority of households in England have become homeowners at the turn of the 21st century, some older people still struggle on low incomes in the less privileged sector of private renting. This article first explores the intertwining of the history of housing policy and provision with the lifecourse histories of individuals, seeking to describe the reasons why some older people are in the private rented sector. It then presents research …
Active Families’: Familization, Housing and Welfare across Generations in E ast A sia
Debates around welfare change have tended to concentrate on the balance between market and state provision. Although there is increasing reference to a mixed economy of welfare, this generally signifies a greater emphasis on a third sector of voluntary/community level provision. However, the family sphere has been, and still remains, an important and dynamic source of welfare provision across changing regimes and between generations. With this as…
Women and Housing Assets in the Context of Japan's Home-owning Democracy
Despite the fact that women's rights have been increasingly defined as equal to men's in law and policy, in post-Second World War Japan women continue to be at a disadvantage in many aspects of social and economic life. Drawing from a survey of 2,205 Japanese women, this article focuses in particular on women's home ownership as a new catalyst behind increasing social stratification in Japan. The women's experiences are closely linked to Japan's …
Changing Family Tradition: Housing Choices and Constraints for Older People in Japan
The primary objective of this paper is to provide a qualitative analysis of the transformations in the housing choices and living arrangements of older people in Japan. The underlying causes and issues of changing intergenerational linkages were explored in the context of the development of the Japanese welfare state. The fieldwork was conducted in Kitakyushu, Japan, through a series of interviews with older women. The informants were selected fr…
Home Ownership and Economic Change in Japan
The state of the residential property market is an important issue for both the macro economy and for individual households in Japan. Home ownership is the main pillar of housing policy and as a very expensive commodity it has been deeply implicated in the economic problems of the 1990s. This paper considers the role of home ownership within the broader context of the post-war Japanese social structure. The core of the paper is an assessment of t…
Life-course Diversity, Housing Choices and Constraints for Women of the ‘Lost’ Generation in Japan
This article explores housing choices and trajectories of women in their 30s during a period of new risks and opportunities in Japan's post-growth urban context. Due to the economic recession and the broader context of neoliberal globalization, there has been an observed delay among post-youth adults in their progression through the life-course. Many of the life-course transitions including leaving parental home, family formation and purchasing h…
The Shaping of Housing Histories in Shanghai
During the last half century or so, China has probably experienced more dramatic and fundamental changes than most other societies. Housing and family life have been embedded in a series of far-reaching societal changes, notably the communist victory of 1949, the period of the Cultural Revolution and the more recent drive towards a more market oriented society, with housing reforms at the forefront. This paper examines the way in which housing hi…
Negotiating Family Support? The 'Generational Contract' between long-term Care and Inheritance
Using qualitative interviews with 54 older people, this article explores the changing patterns of the 'generational contract' in contemporary Britain and Japan. In particular, this article presents a cross-national comparison concerning the exchange of housing assets and long-term care between older parents and their adult children in the context of different laws, cultures, social policy and housing markets. The concepts of intergenerational sol…
Reconsidering the Housing Asset-Based Welfare Approach: Reflection from East Asian Experiences
Housing is a platform of wealth accumulation in many home-owning societies. Ownership of assets often contributes to help people build social capital, influence their social participation and helps them access increasingly privatised goods and services. Such ‘asset-based welfare’ has been fashionable in Western academic circles, considering the ways in which housing could become a real or potential welfare resource. It may not, however, be such a…
Residential Property, Cultural Practices and the 'Generational Contract' in England and Japan
Throughout the post-war period, there have been increased prospects of inheritance in many capitalist societies, brought about by growing economies and labour markets as well as growth in the homeownership sector. This article aims to examine the commonalities and differences in views and strategies adopted by older homeowners in England and Japan towards accumulation of their housing assets and the disposal of them in later life. Changes in hous…
Exploring the demographic location of housing wealth in East Asia
The spread of homeownership has had a profound impact on the pattern of life chances and opportunities across a wide range of societies with varying effects within and between generations. Particular attention has been paid to the impact of inheritance and inter vivos transfers associated with the growth of housing wealth. Both academics and policy makers have been concerned with its wider implications for the distribution of wealth. Most comment…
Social Inequality under a New Social Contract: Long‐term Care in Japan
The 1990s saw the beginning of new developments in the social policy agenda of Japan. A combination of further cuts in social expenditure and increases in financial resources through various means has become inevitable in response to the increasing cost burden of an ageing society, the prolonged recession and changes in the Japanese family. In this context, “kaigo hoken” (long‐term care insurance) was introduced in 2000 to increase revenue and fi…
Migration and Old Age: Japanese Women Growing Older in British Society
In the article "Migrants, partner selection and integration: crossing borders?" Erna Hooghiemstra analysis why so many Dutch Turks and Moroccans who have spent their youth or their young adulthood in the Netherlands, have chosen to marry a partner who still lives in the country of origin. The objective is to explore the extend to which the high rate of transnational marriages can be explained by (a lack of) integration on the one hand or by facto…
Towards individualising couple finance: Women’s housing assets and household decisions in Japan
Individualisation, which is increasingly promoted in European welfare states, tends to be absent from policy discourse as well as housing studies in Japan. It is largely because the ‘family as a unit’ is still a dominant approach in their household finance, social security and taxation systems, which also reflects women’s lack of home ownership. However, recent demographic trends such as falling marriage rates, low fertility and increased female …
Reconceptualising co-residence in post-growth Japanese society
Three-generation co-residence, derived from the pre-war family system, was a common living arrangement among Japanese families until the proportion of nuclear family households became dominant in the period of economic growth following the Second World War. Financial affluence among ageing parents due to pensions and personal savings, and changes in lifestyle and attitudes, stimulated the growth of elderly-only households from the 1970s. In conte…
Inheritance and family conflicts: Exploring asset transfers shaping intergenerational relations
In contemporary societies with slower economic growth and increased rates of home ownership, asset transfers are of increasing importance for families as a way of transmitting advantages over generations. Compared to the positive impact, however, little is known about how inheritance generates disputes, tensions or dissatisfaction among family members, and how law, policy and practice play a role in this process. Drawing evidence from English cou…
Shifting Trajectories of Homeownership in Japan
In contemporary Japanese society, ‘post-bubble’ housing debates are being shaped by labour market restructuring, demographic change and policy shifts. In this context, this paper explores shifting trajectories of homeownership using three specific housing debates: ‘the emergence of a gap society’, ‘increasing single-person households’ and ‘housing assets in later life’. By exploring these various debates, it attempts to highlight how housing, dem…
Collaborative housing communities through the Covid-19 pandemic: Rethinking governance and mutuality
The national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the prevalence and importance of informal mutual support in neighbourhoods and social networks. Mutual support structures and functions are strong in collaborative housing, in which people often intentionally form resident communities to enhance support practices. Using qualitative methods, this article examines how lockdown restrictions have impacted on practices of mutual s…
Emerging Adulthood Transitions in Japan
Post-war Japanese adulthood derived from a hegemonic framework in which young people formed home-owning family households featuring “salary-men” and female-homemakers. Since the 1980s, however, along with prolonged economic downturn, Japanese adult transitions have become increasingly fragmented and non-linear. A growing concern has been the social, economic and ontological individualisation of younger adults, resulting in a phenomenal decline in…
Changing Family Tradition: Housing Choices and Constraints for Older People in Japan
The primary objective of this paper is to provide a qualitative analysis of the transformations in the housing choices and living arrangements of older people in Japan. The underlying causes and issues of changing intergenerational linkages were explored in the context of the development of the Japanese welfare state. The fieldwork was conducted in Kitakyushu, Japan, through a series of interviews with older women. The informants were selected fr…
Migration and Old Age: Japanese Women Growing Older in British Society
In the article "Migrants, partner selection and integration: crossing borders?" Erna Hooghiemstra analysis why so many Dutch Turks and Moroccans who have spent their youth or their young adulthood in the Netherlands, have chosen to marry a partner who still lives in the country of origin. The objective is to explore the extend to which the high rate of transnational marriages can be explained by (a lack of) integration on the one hand or by facto…
Care and inheritance: Japanese and English perspectives on the ‘generational contract’
This article explores the changing nature and patterns of the ‘generational contract’, with particular reference to the exchange of nursing care and housing assets between older parents and their adult children. Inheritance practices and attitudes are used to examine the ways in which socio-economic, demographic and policy changes have recently altered the conventional arrangements in Japanese society. The previously defined ‘generational contrac…
Comparing social policies: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, both Britain and Japan are facing similar issues caused by globalisation, slower economic growth, and a rapidly ageing population. Social policy in the two societies, which has developed differently due to the differences in their national resources, socio-economic systems, cultural values and political agendas, is at an interesting turning point. Comparing social policies: examines topical issues wit…
Comparing social policiesExploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, both Britain and Japan are facing similar issues caused by globalisation, slower economic growth and a rapidly ageing population. Social policy in the two societies, which has developed differently due to the differences in their national resources, socio-economic systems, cultural values and political agendas, is at an interesting turning point. This book examines topical issues with up-to-date infor…
Home Ownership and Economic Change in Japan
The state of the residential property market is an important issue for both the macro economy and for individual households in Japan. Home ownership is the main pillar of housing policy and as a very expensive commodity it has been deeply implicated in the economic problems of the 1990s. This paper considers the role of home ownership within the broader context of the post-war Japanese social structure. The core of the paper is an assessment of t…
A life-time of inequality: A structural analysis of housing careers and issues facing older private tenants
While the majority of households in England have become homeowners at the turn of the 21st century, some older people still struggle on low incomes in the less privileged sector of private renting. This article first explores the intertwining of the history of housing policy and provision with the lifecourse histories of individuals, seeking to describe the reasons why some older people are in the private rented sector. It then presents research …
Social Inequality under a New Social Contract: Long‐term Care in Japan
The 1990s saw the beginning of new developments in the social policy agenda of Japan. A combination of further cuts in social expenditure and increases in financial resources through various means has become inevitable in response to the increasing cost burden of an ageing society, the prolonged recession and changes in the Japanese family. In this context, “kaigo hoken” (long‐term care insurance) was introduced in 2000 to increase revenue and fi…
Home or hell: Older tenants' experiences in the private rented sector
Issues raised here are drawn from the findings of a housing investigation that explored harassment and abuse of older tenants in the private rented sector. The project examined older people's experiences and raised important links between health and housing. The article highlights financial abuse directed towards these older people and examines implications for professionals and agencies
Negotiating Family Support? The 'Generational Contract' between long-term Care and Inheritance
Using qualitative interviews with 54 older people, this article explores the changing patterns of the 'generational contract' in contemporary Britain and Japan. In particular, this article presents a cross-national comparison concerning the exchange of housing assets and long-term care between older parents and their adult children in the context of different laws, cultures, social policy and housing markets. The concepts of intergenerational sol…
Residential Property, Cultural Practices and the 'Generational Contract' in England and Japan
Throughout the post-war period, there have been increased prospects of inheritance in many capitalist societies, brought about by growing economies and labour markets as well as growth in the homeownership sector. This article aims to examine the commonalities and differences in views and strategies adopted by older homeowners in England and Japan towards accumulation of their housing assets and the disposal of them in later life. Changes in hous…
The Care of the Elderly in Japan (review)
Reviewed by: The Care of the Elderly in Japan Misa Izuhara (bio) The Care of the Elderly in Japan. By Yongmei Wu. RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2004. xvi, 224 pages. £65.00. This is a fascinating book originating from the author's doctoral work, which cleverly marries a broader conceptual framework with detailed analysis of her case study. As the author claims, this is the first English publication of an anthropological study on Japanese institutional…
Women and Housing Assets in the Context of Japan's Home-owning Democracy
Despite the fact that women's rights have been increasingly defined as equal to men's in law and policy, in post-Second World War Japan women continue to be at a disadvantage in many aspects of social and economic life. Drawing from a survey of 2,205 Japanese women, this article focuses in particular on women's home ownership as a new catalyst behind increasing social stratification in Japan. The women's experiences are closely linked to Japan's …
Exploring the demographic location of housing wealth in East Asia
The spread of homeownership has had a profound impact on the pattern of life chances and opportunities across a wide range of societies with varying effects within and between generations. Particular attention has been paid to the impact of inheritance and inter vivos transfers associated with the growth of housing wealth. Both academics and policy makers have been concerned with its wider implications for the distribution of wealth. Most comment…
Ageing and intergenerational relationsFamily reciprocity from a global perspective: Family Reciprocity from a Global Perspective
"With socio-economic and demographic changes taking place in contemporary societies, new patterns of family relations are forming partly due to significant family changes, value shifts, precariousness in the labour market, and increasing mobility within and beyond national boundaries. This exciting book explores the exchange of support between generations and examines variations in contemporary practices and rationales in different regions and so…
Ageing and intergenerational relations: Family reciprocity from a global perspective
Shifting Trajectories of Homeownership in Japan
In contemporary Japanese society, ‘post-bubble’ housing debates are being shaped by labour market restructuring, demographic change and policy shifts. In this context, this paper explores shifting trajectories of homeownership using three specific housing debates: ‘the emergence of a gap society’, ‘increasing single-person households’ and ‘housing assets in later life’. By exploring these various debates, it attempts to highlight how housing, dem…
Housing Histories and Intergenerational Dynamics in Tokyo
The housing landscape of Tokyo has shifted dramatically from a housing shortage immediately after World War II, to an urban sprawl driven by the ‘salaried men's dream’ of a single-family home, to the more recent popularity of high-rise living. Tokyo as a global megacity provides a distinctive picture given its density, culture and changing economic fortunes in the postwar period. This article draws on qualitative research conducted in Tokyo among…
The Shaping of Housing Histories in Shanghai
During the last half century or so, China has probably experienced more dramatic and fundamental changes than most other societies. Housing and family life have been embedded in a series of far-reaching societal changes, notably the communist victory of 1949, the period of the Cultural Revolution and the more recent drive towards a more market oriented society, with housing reforms at the forefront. This paper examines the way in which housing hi…
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Active Families’: Familization, Housing and Welfare across Generations in E ast A sia
Debates around welfare change have tended to concentrate on the balance between market and state provision. Although there is increasing reference to a mixed economy of welfare, this generally signifies a greater emphasis on a third sector of voluntary/community level provision. However, the family sphere has been, and still remains, an important and dynamic source of welfare provision across changing regimes and between generations. With this as…
Reconsidering the Housing Asset-Based Welfare Approach: Reflection from East Asian Experiences
Housing is a platform of wealth accumulation in many home-owning societies. Ownership of assets often contributes to help people build social capital, influence their social participation and helps them access increasingly privatised goods and services. Such ‘asset-based welfare’ has been fashionable in Western academic circles, considering the ways in which housing could become a real or potential welfare resource. It may not, however, be such a…
Towards individualising couple finance: Women’s housing assets and household decisions in Japan
Individualisation, which is increasingly promoted in European welfare states, tends to be absent from policy discourse as well as housing studies in Japan. It is largely because the ‘family as a unit’ is still a dominant approach in their household finance, social security and taxation systems, which also reflects women’s lack of home ownership. However, recent demographic trends such as falling marriage rates, low fertility and increased female …
Life-course Diversity, Housing Choices and Constraints for Women of the ‘Lost’ Generation in Japan
This article explores housing choices and trajectories of women in their 30s during a period of new risks and opportunities in Japan's post-growth urban context. Due to the economic recession and the broader context of neoliberal globalization, there has been an observed delay among post-youth adults in their progression through the life-course. Many of the life-course transitions including leaving parental home, family formation and purchasing h…
Emerging Adulthood Transitions in Japan
Post-war Japanese adulthood derived from a hegemonic framework in which young people formed home-owning family households featuring “salary-men” and female-homemakers. Since the 1980s, however, along with prolonged economic downturn, Japanese adult transitions have become increasingly fragmented and non-linear. A growing concern has been the social, economic and ontological individualisation of younger adults, resulting in a phenomenal decline in…
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