Screen LibraryPoverty and social welfare in Japan
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Trans Pacific Press Distributors, USA and Canada International Specialized Book Services,
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| Publisher Address: | Melbourne Portland, Or. |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Japanese society series, |
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| Item Description: | Hinkon to shakaiteki haijo. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 323 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781876843816 1876843810 9781876843878 (pbk.) 187684387X (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | F131 |
| CLC: |
F131.36 D731.37 |
| Call Number: | D731.37/I968 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-318) and index. Policies and poverty : poverty as a welfare policy bracket in post-war Japan and its meaning / Masami Iwata -- Poverty as a result of exclusion : Tokyo's urban underclass / Akihiko Nishizawa -- The distribution and dynamics of poverty looked at according to income / Chizuka Hamamoto -- Older women and housing poverty : their housing history in home-owning society / Misa Izuhara -- The interconnection between health and poverty : health and socio-economic well-being / Yuko Hayasaka -- The spatial spread of poverty in the megalopolis and the state of segregation,1975-2000 / Keiko Yamaguchi -- Does the hi hogo class represent poor people in general / Masami Iwata -- Women, welfare policies and poverty : poverty and shelter among homeless women / Keiko Kawahara -- Poverty and the social exclusion of single men : perspectives on homeless men and their relationship with the welfare administration / Yukihiko Kitagawa -- Poverty and exclusion as it affects migrant workers from overseas : in terms of employment, housing and consumption / Kahoruko Yamamoto -- A jail without bars, the social world of the street dwellers / Akihiko Nishizawa -- Improving poverty stricken areas : a rehabilitation project for Shima Danchi public housing / Yosuke Hirayama. |