The Angst of Youth in Post-Industrial Japan: A Narrative Self-help Approach

This paper explores the experience of angst (ikizurasa) among youth in long- term unemployment in post-industrial Japan, and proposes a model for supporting them. Currently, the dominant model for unemployment support consists of activation policies, which assume that users can identify their proble...

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Main Author: Rie Kido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2016-07-01
Series:New Voices in Japanese Studies
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Online Access:http://newvoices.org.au/volume-8/the-angst-of-youth-in-post-industrial-japan-a-narrative-self-help-approach/