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2. Precarity and Hope: Social Connectedness in Postcapitalist Japan

  • Anne Allison
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction: Japan’s Possible Futures 1
  5. 1.Demography as Destiny: Falling Birthrates and the Allure of a Blended Society 11
  6. 2. Precarity and Hope: Social Connectedness in Postcapitalist Japan 36
  7. 3. Risk and Consequences: The Changing Japanese Employment Paradigm 58
  8. 4. The Future of Gender in Japan:Work/Life Balance and Relations between the Sexes 87
  9. 5. After Fukushima: Veto Players and Japanese Nuclear Policy 110
  10. 6. Japan’sMegadisaster Challenges: CrisisManagement in theModern Era 139
  11. 7. Fiscal Survival and Financial Revival: Possible Futures for the Japanese Economy 167
  12. 8. Manufacturing in Japan: Factories and National Policy 189
  13. 9. Integrated Solutions to Complex Problems: Transforming Japanese Science and Technology 213
  14. 10. Military Cooperation and Territorial Disputes: The Changing Face of Japan’s Security Policy 236
  15. 11. Economic and Strategic Leadership in Asia: The Rivalry between China and Japan 261
  16. 12. Possible Futures of Political Leadership: Waiting for a Transformational PrimeMinister 282
  17. 13. State Power versus Individual Freedom: Japan’s Constitutional Past, Present, and Possible Futures 304
  18. About the Contributors 329
  19. Index 333
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479889389.003.0003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction: Japan’s Possible Futures 1
  5. 1.Demography as Destiny: Falling Birthrates and the Allure of a Blended Society 11
  6. 2. Precarity and Hope: Social Connectedness in Postcapitalist Japan 36
  7. 3. Risk and Consequences: The Changing Japanese Employment Paradigm 58
  8. 4. The Future of Gender in Japan:Work/Life Balance and Relations between the Sexes 87
  9. 5. After Fukushima: Veto Players and Japanese Nuclear Policy 110
  10. 6. Japan’sMegadisaster Challenges: CrisisManagement in theModern Era 139
  11. 7. Fiscal Survival and Financial Revival: Possible Futures for the Japanese Economy 167
  12. 8. Manufacturing in Japan: Factories and National Policy 189
  13. 9. Integrated Solutions to Complex Problems: Transforming Japanese Science and Technology 213
  14. 10. Military Cooperation and Territorial Disputes: The Changing Face of Japan’s Security Policy 236
  15. 11. Economic and Strategic Leadership in Asia: The Rivalry between China and Japan 261
  16. 12. Possible Futures of Political Leadership: Waiting for a Transformational PrimeMinister 282
  17. 13. State Power versus Individual Freedom: Japan’s Constitutional Past, Present, and Possible Futures 304
  18. About the Contributors 329
  19. Index 333
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