Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse.
This paper examines the development of employment-oriented family policy in Germany and Japan, two countries united by conservative welfare legacies and very low birthrates, through a close analysis of discourse. Why have recent reforms in Germany moved well beyond those in Japan despite remarkably...
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| description | This paper examines the development of employment-oriented family policy in Germany and Japan, two countries united by conservative welfare legacies and very low birthrates, through a close analysis of discourse. Why have recent reforms in Germany moved well beyond those in Japan despite remarkably similar “human capital” discourses? The relative strength of interpretative patterns—in this case, discursive patterns that successfully frame family policy reform as an economic imperative—and the role of employers are identified as critical explanatory factors. Further comparative attention is called to the role of the state as a guarantor of new family policy entitlements. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:674d6c2d-49d2-4097-b1d2-bbe79ba995622022-03-26T18:37:26ZBetween reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:674d6c2d-49d2-4097-b1d2-bbe79ba99562FamiliesAsiaSocial policy and social workChildren and youthSociologySocial SciencesEuropeEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2011Seeleib-Kaiser, MToivonen, TThis paper examines the development of employment-oriented family policy in Germany and Japan, two countries united by conservative welfare legacies and very low birthrates, through a close analysis of discourse. Why have recent reforms in Germany moved well beyond those in Japan despite remarkably similar “human capital” discourses? The relative strength of interpretative patterns—in this case, discursive patterns that successfully frame family policy reform as an economic imperative—and the role of employers are identified as critical explanatory factors. Further comparative attention is called to the role of the state as a guarantor of new family policy entitlements. |
| spellingShingle | Families Asia Social policy and social work Children and youth Sociology Social Sciences Europe Seeleib-Kaiser, M Toivonen, T Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse. |
| title | Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse. |
| title_full | Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse. |
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| title_short | Between reforms and birth rates: Germany, Japan, and family policy discourse. |
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| topic | Families Asia Social policy and social work Children and youth Sociology Social Sciences Europe |
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