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Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, and self in contemporary Japan / Ritu Vij.

Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, ...

Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, and self in contemporary Japan / Ritu Vij.

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Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, and self in contemporary Japan / Ritu Vij.

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Full title

Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, and self in contemporary Japan / Ritu Vij.

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Publisher

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.

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N330.12609/ 2

Record Identifier

74VK3KLvV3xb

MMS ID

991023724999702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xiii, 270 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents

Introduction -- State, market and the individual : mapping the theoretical terrain -- Self, state, and civil society in modern Japan -- Social need and the welfare state in modern Japan -- Welfare reforms in post-recessionary Japan -- Conclusion.

Publication information

Publisher

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

c2007.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This book explores the anatomy of Japanese welfare in the context of the constellation of modernity and capitalism, with a focus on the normative status of welfare and the sources of its legitimation within civil society. Drawing on a new-Heglian understanding of the constitution of subjectivity within political economy, the book uncovers a distin...

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Japanese modernity and welfare : state, civil society, and self in contemporary Japan / Ritu Vij.

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Notes

General note

International political economy series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2007.

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Call Numbers

N330.12609/ 2

Record Identifier

74VK3KLvV3xb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3KLvV3xb

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ISBN

140391544X (hbk.) :

9781403915443 (hbk.) :

DDC

330.1260952

MMS ID

991023724999702626

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