Population Decline and Ageing in Japan - The Social Consequences

By: Florian Coulmas

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Paperback | 31 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan today: population decline and ageing.

It argues that social ageing is a phenomenon that follows in the wake of industrialization, urbanization and social modernization, bringing about changes in values, institutions, social structures, economic activity, technology and culture, and posing many challenges for the countries affected. Focusing on the experience of Japan, the author explores:

how Japan has recognized the emerging problems relatively early because during the past half century population ageing has been more rapid in Japan than in any other country
how all of Japanese society is affected by social ageing, not just certain substructures and institutions, and explains its complex causes, describes the resulting challenges and analyses the solutions under consideration to deal with it
the nature of Japan's population dynamics since 1920, and argues that Japan is rapidly moving in the direction of a 'hyperaged society' in which those sixty-five or older account for twenty-five per cent of the total population
the implications for family structures and other social networks, gender roles and employment patterns, health care and welfare provision, pension systems, immigration policy, consumer and voting behaviour and the cultural reactions and ramifications of social ageing.

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'a thoughtful and stimulating analysis of Japan's hyper-aging society; a serious book about a critically important subject.' - Jeff Kingston, The Japan Times

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List of illustrations	p. vi
A note on names and transcription	p. viii
Facts and discourses	p. 1
The problem of generations and the structure of society	p. 17
Social networks	p. 26
The lonely child	p. 37
Women and men at work	p. 50
The socialization of care	p. 62
'Mature' customers	p. 73
Longevity risk and pension funds	p. 85
Government of the elderly, by the elderly and for the elderly	p. 94
Limits to ageing?	p. 105
Immigrants welcome?	p. 115
Population ageing and social change	p. 125
Notes	p. 139
References	p. 148
Index	p. 161
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