Japan's Emerging Youth Policy : Getting Young Adults Back to Work.

From the 1960s onwards, Japan's rapid economic growth coincided with remarkably smooth transitions from school to work and with internationally low levels of youth unemployment. However, this changed dramatically in the 1990s, and by the 2000s, youth employment came to be recognized as a seriou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Toivonen, Tuukka
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies.
Subjects:
Youth > Employment > Government policy > Japan.
Youth > Employment > Japan.
Unemployment > Japan.
Youth > Japan > Social conditions.
Jeunesse > Travail > Politique gouvernementale > Japon.
Jeunesse > Travail > Japon.
Jeunesse > Japon > Conditions sociales.
Unemployment
Youth > Employment
Youth > Employment > Government policy
Youth > Social conditions
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Japan's Emerging Youth Policy: Getting Young Adults Back to Work; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Appendices; Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; 1. Getting Young Adults Back to Work: a Post-industrial Dilemma in Japan; 2. The Emergence of Youth Independence Support Policy; 3. Neet: Creating a Target for Activation; 4. Crafting Policy: Sympathetic Bureaucrats in a Hostile Climate; 5. The Youth Independence Camp: Communities of Recognition?; 6. The Youth Support Station: Exploring the User
  • 7. Beyond Symbolic Activation: Scaling Up the AlternativesAppendices; Notes; References; Index

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