Table of contents

This volume addresses the family situation in Japan and Germany. Gender-segregated labor markets and precarious employment patterns bear detrimental consequence

Social policies reflect important ideas about the relationship between the state and the individual. This book examines this relationship in a number of unexplo

Explores the latest research on the impact of government policy - or lack of policy - on family life in various developed and developing nations around the worl

This book provides a systematic framework for interpreting the fertility decline in Japan. It situates the change in fertility rates in a broader context, such