Family Life in Japan and Germany Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meier-Gräwe, Uta (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Motozawa, Miyoko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schad-Seifert, Annette (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Social policy.; Social groups.; Family.; Social Policy.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

This volume addresses the family situation in Japan and Germany. Gender-segregated labor markets and precarious employment patterns bear detrimental consequences for the socioeconomic capacity to maintain family households and to have children. By applying a gender-sensitive approach, this volume�...

Table of Contents:

• Gender-sensitive analysis of the family situation in Japan and Germany
• Comparative studies of family policy, welfare and social security institutions
• Empirical surveys and data analysis of the growing diversity of families and households. .