Poverty and social welfare in Japan

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iwata Masami 1947-
Group Author: Nishizawa Akihiko 1963-
Published: Trans Pacific Press Distributors, USA and Canada International Specialized Book Services,
Publisher Address: Melbourne Portland, Or.
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: 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 --