The Changing Japanese Family (Paperback)

Part 1: Introduction 1. The Changing Japanese Family Part 2: The Demographic Transition 2. Demographics of the Japanese Family: Entering Uncharted Territory 3. Japanese Youth’s Attitudes Towards Marriage and Child-Rearing 4. Strong in Tradition and yet Innovative: The Puzzles of the Italian Family Part 3: The Shifting Gender Balance 5. Changes in the Workplace and their Impact on the Family 6. The Emergence of "Nurturing Fathers": Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Contemporary Japan 7. Changing Language, Gender and Family Relations in Japan Part 4: Shifts in the Boundaries of the Family 8. Mother-Rearing: The Social World of Mothers in a Japanese Suburb 9. Policing the Japanese Family: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and the Changing Role of the State 10. Changing Families and Policy Responses to an Ageing Japanese Society 11. Different Paths to Welfare: Family Transformations, the Production of Welfare, and Future Prospects for Social Care in Italy and Japan