Beverley Bishop

Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce contributes to the debate about the impact of globalisation upon women. It examines the effect of restructuring upon women's employment in Japan and describes the actions women are taking individually and collectively to campaign for change in their working environment and the laws and practices regulating it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780415655002
• ISBN-10: 0415655005
• Artikelnr.: 36540951

Autorenporträt

Beverley Bishop is a Senior Research Officer at the Department of Education and Skills. In 2003 she was awarded a PhD at Sheffield University for research on the impact of globalisation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations Glossary of Japanese Terms List of Figures
Introduction 1. Aims, Methodology and Structure of Book Part 1 Analytical
Framework 2. A Critical Analysis of Globalization 3. Gender and
Globalization: A Critical Review Part 2 Background to the Analysis 4. The
Japanese Model of Capitalism and the Globalization
of Japanese Production 5. Women Workers in the Post-War Model of Capitalism
in Japan: Continuity and Change Part 3 The Impact of Globalization and
Restructuring on Women Working in Japan 6. Re-Regulation, Restructuring and
Women in the Regular Workforce 7. Deregulation, Restructuring and Women
Working in Non-Regular Positions 8. Globalization and Women's Activism in
Japan Conclusion 9. Conclusions and Discussion Bibliography Appendix A:
Details of 1996/7 Pilot Survey Appendix B: Working Women Respondents
Appendix C: Elite Interviews