LEADER 04106nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910826335903321 005 20240416113551.0 010 $a0-8014-6180-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461804 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039095 035 $a(OCoLC)742517425 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10481025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540579 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540579 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10598691 035 $a(PQKB)11063922 035 $a(OCoLC)966846008 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51791 035 $a(DE-B1597)478261 035 $a(OCoLC)979579547 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461804 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10481025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138228 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039095 100 $a20050826d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRace for the exits $ethe unraveling of Japan's system of social protection /$fLeonard J. Schoppa 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca, N.Y. $cCornell University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4433-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-242) and index. 327 $aExit, voice, and Japan's economic problems -- Taking exit and voice seriously -- Productive and protective elements of convoy capitalism -- The race for the exits begins -- The policy impact of hollowing out -- Case studies in economic reform -- The policy impact of exit by women -- Exceptions that prove the rule -- Toward a new system of social protection in Japan. 330 $aContrary to all expectations, Japan's long-term recession has provoked no sustained political movement to replace the nation's malfunctioning economic structure. The country's basic social contract has so far proved resistant to reform, even in the face of persistently adverse conditions. In Race for the Exits, Leonard J. Schoppa explains why it has endured and how long it can last. The postwar Japanese system of "convoy capitalism" traded lifetime employment for male workers against government support for industry and the private (female) provision of care for children and the elderly. Two social groups bore a particularly heavy burden in providing for the social protection of the weak and dependent: large firms, which committed to keeping their core workforce on the payroll even in slow times, and women, who stayed home to care for their homes and families.Using the exit-voice framework made famous by Albert Hirschman, Schoppa argues that both groups have chosen "exit" rather than "voice," depriving the political process of the energy needed to propel necessary reforms in the system. Instead of fighting for reform, firms slowly shift jobs overseas, and many women abandon hopes of accommodating both family and career. Over time, however, these trends have placed growing economic and demographic pressures on the social contract. As industries reduce their domestic operations, the Japanese economy is further diminished. Japan has also experienced a "baby bust" as women opt out of motherhood. Schoppa suggests that a radical break with the Japanese social contract of the past is becoming inevitable as the system slowly and quietly unravels. 606 $aSocial security$zJapan 606 $aEconomic security$zJapan 606 $aHuman services$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1989- 607 $aJapan$xSocial policy 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy$y1989- 615 0$aSocial security 615 0$aEconomic security 615 0$aHuman services 676 $a362.952/09/051 700 $aSchoppa$b Leonard J$g(Leonard James),$f1962-$01619022 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826335903321 996 $aRace for the exits$93951062 997 $aUNINA