Japanese Modernity and Welfare : State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan
2007 ed.
by
R. Vij
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
International Political Economy Series
ISBN-10
140391544X
ISBN-13
9781403915443
Edition
2007 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 13th, 2007
Print length
270 Pages
Weight
464 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 16.10 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
AsiaSocial workPolitics & governmentPolitics and governmentPolitical economy
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Challenging conventional thought on the nature of welfare and civil society in modern Japan, Ritu Vij offers an original theoretical and historical interpretation of both. Drawing upon a neo-Hegelian understanding of the formation of modern subjectivity in political economy, this book uncovers a specific pattern of welfare provision in Japan.
This book explores the anatomy of Japanese welfare in the context of the constellation of modernity and capitalism, with a focus on the normative status of welfare and the sources of its legitimation within civil society. Drawing on a neo-Hegelian understanding of the constitution of subjectivity within political economy, the book uncovers a distinctive pattern of welfare provision in modern Japan: the generous provision of goods that meet production-related social ends in contrast with the relative paucity of goods that satisfy individuated want. The historical mapping of this pattern - from the early modern period in the Meiji era to the contemporary neoliberal turn in recessionary Japan - illustrates the idea of the ''social limits of the market'', central not only to understanding the distinctive nature of welfare in contemporary Japan, but also to rethinking the notion of welfare under conditions of late capitalism at a global level.
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