The Impact of Modernisation and Social Policy on Family Care for Older People in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2112261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Makoto Kono (Hyogo University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-203 |
| Publication date | 2000-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279400005948 |
| OpenAlex | W2060834715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
In Japan the ideology of familism has reproduced patriarchal family values. It successfully retained family centred welfare provision and gender inequality in informal care work, and ensured formal care services were residual. However, the advancement of modernisation has weakened the effectiveness of the informal care sector, and the demand for care has increased steadily along with the ageing of the population. Moreover, informal care based on the self-sacrifice of family carers tends to be less popular. This tendency is especially evident in the opinions of the younger generation and females. Furthermore, structural shifts in their working circumstances, particularly of females, makes the continuation of the patriarchal approach to informal care more difficult. In the field of the care of older people, as part of the strategy for restructuring the Japanese welfare system, the emphasis is now more on market activities, which is in accord with the assumptions underlying 'the residual welfare model of social policy' (Titmuss, 1974
Care work · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economics · Ideology · Inequality · Informal sector · Market economy · Modernization theory · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Restructuring · Social policy · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Work (physics) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2020 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |