Imploding Populations in Japan and Germany

A Comparison

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ID19912944
AuthorsFlorian Coulmas (0000-0002-6028-6464), Ralph Lützeler
Year2011
Pages548
Publication date2011-06-09
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueImploding populations in Japan and Germany (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004187788.i-545
OpenAlexW607494020
Open LibraryOL46592352M
ISBN9789004187788
LanguageEN
Citations received9

List of Tables and Figures List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Population Implosion: Coping with the Unknown, Florian Coulmas and Ralph Lutzeler Part I Societies of Population Decline Confronting the Demographic Trilemma of Low Fertility, Ageing and Depopulation, Shigemi Kono Europe's Demographic Future Reiner Klingholz Flexible Employment, Flexible Families, and the Socialization of Reproduction, Wolfgang Streeck Economic Globalization and Changes in Family Formation as the Cause of Very Low Fertility in Japan, Shigesato Takahashi Income Inequality in a Rapidly Ageing Society, Japan: Focusing on Transformations in the Structure of Households with Elderly, Sawako Shirahase Ageing Societies: Present Challenges and Models for the Future, Gertrud M. Backes Part II Fertility Decline and Policy Implications Japanese Family Policies in Comparative Perspective, Makoto Atoh Promoting Gender Equality, Birthrates, or Human Capital? Germany, Japan and Family Policy Discourse, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Tuukka Toivonen Child Care and Work-Life Balance in Low Fertility Japan, Barbara G. Holthus Actors of Social Policy Making in Japan: A Look at the Individual Level, Axel Klein Growing Up in a Shrinking City: The Impact of Residential Segregation on the Qualitative Reproduction of Urban Society, Klaus Peter Strohmeier Part III Challenges and Chances of Ageing Business Implications of Demographic Change in Japan: Chances and Challenges for Human Resource and Marketing Management, Florian Kohlbacher Silver Employment in Germany: Trends and Consequences for the Management of an Ageing Workforce, Christiane Hipp and Birgit Verworn New Housing Options for the Elderly in Japan: The Example of Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, Maren Godzik The Political Economy of Health-Care Migration: A Japanese Perspective, Gabriele Vogt Care for the Elderly and Demographic Change: Ageing and Migrant Nurses in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jens Friebe The Power of Address: Age and Gender in Japanese Eldercare Communication, Peter Backhaus Japan's Adult Guardianship System: Statutory guardianship and civil guardians, Junko Ando Japan's Adult Guardianship Law: Current Status and Issues, Makoto Arai Part IV Regional Aspects of Ageing and Depopulation Demographic Change and Challenges from a Regional Perspective: The Case of Germany, Franz-Josef Kemper Recent In-Migration to Peripheral Regions of Japan in the Context of Incipient National Population Decline, Yoshitaka Ishikawa Rural Depopulation and Economic Shrinkage in Japan: What Can Affected Municipalities Do About It?, Volker Elis Demographic, Economic and Institutional Shrinkage - from the Perspective of Rural Areas in Germany, Stephan Beetz Left Behind in the Global City: Spaces and Places of Ageing and Shrinking in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Ralph Lutzeler References Index of authors cited Index of subjects

Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Human capital · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Sociology · Workforce · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Social and Demographic Issues in Germany · Aged · Aging · Family relations · Germany · Japan · Population aging · Public policy · Socioeconomic Factors · Trends

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