LEADER 04234nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910785771303321 005 20230126205716.0 010 $a0-8014-6548-6 010 $a0-8014-6592-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801465925 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000722097 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11455015 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722097 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10695325 035 $a(PQKB)10595337 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001500245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138373 035 $a(OCoLC)812508293 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28866 035 $a(DE-B1597)478314 035 $a(OCoLC)979756017 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801465925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138373 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602692 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681827 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241952 100 $a20120330d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWelfare through work$b[electronic resource] $econservative ideas, partisan dynamics, and social protection in Japan /$fMari Miura 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50545-4 311 $a0-8014-5105-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Tables and Figures --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tA Note on Conventions --$tIntroduction --$t1. Welfare through Work and the Gendered Dual System --$t2. Situating Japan's Social Protection System in Comparative Perspective --$t3. The Conservative Vision and the Politics of Work and Welfare --$t4. Reforming the Labor Markets --$t5. Who Wants What Reform? --$t6. The Neoliberal Agenda and the Diet Veto --$t7. The Double Movement in Japanese Politics --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aHigh economic growth and relatively equitable distribution were among the most conspicuous characteristics of the postwar Japanese political economy. The lure of the Japanese model, however, has faded since the 1990's. Growth is in short supply and equality a thing of the past. In Welfare through Work, Mari Miura looks in depth at Japan's social protection system as a factor in the contemporary malaise of the Japanese political economy. The Japanese social protection system should be understood as a system of "welfare through work," Miura suggests, because employment protection has functionally substituted for income maintenance. A gendered dual system in the labor market allowed a high degree of labor market flexibility, which enabled Japan to achieve high employment rates as well as strong legal protections for regular workers. In recent years, conservatives gradually replaced the productivism and cooperatism that had resulted from earlier party politics with neoliberalism, which, in turn, hampered the effectiveness of the welfare through work system. In Miura's view, the dynamics of partisan competition fostered ideational renewal, just as the political visions and ideologies of the governing party strongly affected the design of the social protection system. In the scenario Miura describes, the partisan dynamics since the 1990's resulted in the policy change that further undermined the social protection system, and the ensuing disruption has been felt throughout Japan. 606 $aJob security$xPolitical aspects$zJapan 606 $aPublic welfare$zJapan 606 $aEconomic assistance, Domestic$zJapan 606 $aLabor policy$zJapan 606 $aConservatism$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xSocial policy 615 0$aJob security$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aEconomic assistance, Domestic 615 0$aLabor policy 615 0$aConservatism 676 $a331.25/96 686 $aMH 48920$2rvk 700 $aMiura$b Mari$01538401 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785771303321 996 $aWelfare through work$93788410 997 $aUNINA