Globalization and women in the Japanese workforce / / Beverley Bishop

• Autore: Bishop Bev.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.4/0952
• Soggetto topico: Women - Employment - Japan; Globalization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary of Japanese terms; Notes on style; 1 Introduction; 2 A critical analysis of globalization; 3 Gender and globalization; 4 The Japanese model of capitalism and the globalization of Japanese production; 5 Women workers in the post-war model of capitalism in Japan; 'Re-regulation', restructuring and women in the regular workforce; 7 Deregulation, restructuring and women working in non-regular positions; 8 Globalization and women's activism in Japan; Conclusion; 9 Conclusions and discussion ; Appendix AAppendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce contributes to the debate about the impact of globalisation upon women. It examines the effect of restructuring upon women's employment in Japan and describes the actions women are taking individually and collectively to campaign for change in their working environment and the laws and practices regulating it.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and women in the Japanese workforce
• ISBN: 1-134-29292-9; 1-280-17101-4; 0-203-48886-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451057303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series