Comparative Perspectives On Gender Equality In Japan And Norway

Author : Masako Ishii-Kuntz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000528499
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway written by Masako Ishii-Kuntz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries that stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality? Norway and Japan differ in terms of historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Most importantly, Japan lags far behind Norway when it comes to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report. Rather than taking a narrow approach that takes as its starting point the assumption that Norway has so much ‘more’ to offer in terms of gender equality, the authors attempt to show that a comparative perspective of two countries in the West and East can be mutually beneficial to both contexts in the advancement of gender equality. The interdisciplinary team of researchers contributing to this book cover a range of contemporary topics in gender equality, including fatherhood and masculinity, teaching and learning in gender studies education, cultural depictions of gender, trans experiences and feminism. This unique collection is suitable for researchers and students of gender studies, sociology, anthropology, Japan studies and European studies.

Author : M. Murayama
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230524028
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Development written by M. Murayama and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Japanese economic development is often discussed, less attention is given to social development, and much less to gender related issues. By examining Japanese experiences related to gender, the authors seek insights relevant to the current developing countries. Simultaneously, the book points out the importance for Japanese society to draw lessons from the creativity and activism of women in developing countries.

Author : Mari Teigen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780526725
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas written by Mari Teigen and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses gender quota reform from an economic, political and philosophical point of view. This title looks at whether the economic performance of companies is influenced, positively or negatively. It provides a comparative study of the access of women to top positions in business in Europe.

Author : S. Walby
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230624871
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gendering the Knowledge Economy written by S. Walby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-12-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment.

Author : Margaret O'Brien
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319429701
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality written by Margaret O'Brien and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the literature on comparative leave policy developments; family and gender studies, in particular the analysis of gendered divisions of work and care and recent shifts in parenting and work-family balance; critical studies of men and masculinities, with a specific focus on fathers and fathering in contemporary western societies and life-courses. Drawing on empirical data from in-depth interviews with fathers across eleven countries, the book shows that the experiences and social processes associated with fathers’ home alone leave involve a diversity of trends, revealing both innovations and absence of change, including pluralization as well as the constraining influence of policy, gender, and social context. As a theoretical and empirical book it raises important issues on modernization of the life course and the family in contemporary societies. The book will be of particular interest to scholars in comparing western societies and welfare states as well as to scholars seeking to understand changing work-life policies and family life in societies with different social and historical pathways.

Author : M. Murayama
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349525683
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Development written by M. Murayama and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Japanese economic development is often discussed, less attention is given to social development, and much less to gender related issues. By examining Japanese experiences related to gender, the authors seek insights relevant to the current developing countries. Simultaneously, the book points out the importance for Japanese society to draw lessons from the creativity and activism of women in developing countries.

Author : Naila Kabeer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415963494
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Gender Equality written by Naila Kabeer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nordic countries have long been seen as pioneers in promoting gender equality. The book brings together scholars from the global South and post-socialist economies to reflect on Nordic approaches to gender equality. The contributors to the book seek to explore from a comparative perspective the vision, values, policies, mechanisms, coalitions of interests and political processes that help to explain Nordic achievements on gender equality. While some contributors explore the Nordic experience through the prism of their own realities, others explore their own realities through the Nordic prism. By cutting across normal geographical boundaries, disciplinary boundaries and the boundaries between theory and policy, this book will be of interest to all readers with an interest in furthering gender equality.

Author : Griffin, Gabriele
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529219493
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation written by Griffin, Gabriele and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Nordic countries are regarded as frontrunners in promoting equality, yet women’s experiences on the ground are in many ways at odds with this rhetoric. Putting the spotlight on the lived experiences of women working in tech-driven research and innovation areas in the Nordic countries, this volume explores why, despite numerous programmes, women continue to constitute a minority in these sectors. Contributors flesh out the differences and similarities across different Nordic countries and explore how the shifts in labour market conditions have impacted on women in research and innovation. This is an invaluable contribution to global debates around the mechanisms that maintain gendered structures in research and innovation, from academia to biotechnology and IT.

Author : David Baker
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848550952
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives written by David Baker and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the often controversial relationship between gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives. This volume also investigates whether gender equality in education is really being achieved in schools around the world or not.

Author : Masami Tamagawa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000827992
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World written by Masami Tamagawa and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the Japanese LGBTQ+ community sheds light on the intersectionality of lived experiences, including gender, sexuality, family, (mental) health, race and ethnicity, migration, and nationality, offering a picture of a community whose experience is deeply embedded in the dynamic society around. The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World takes an innovative approach, viewing the community as an integral part of the world in flux, rather than an isolated monoracial and monolingual tight-knit entity. Like the US and many other countries in the world, when the pandemic struck Japan, its citizens were not all equally equipped to withstand it. Due particularly to lingering systemic injustices, including stigma, ostracism from family and society, as well as lack of legal protection of their basic human rights, the pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals and couples in Japan. They face unique challenges within various facets of their lives. Their experiences are an integral part of understanding how this pandemic is affecting a societal response to an already marginalized group of individuals. This important study looks at the issues from a range of perspectives including public health care services, the media and cross-cultural experience. This book is ideal for students and scholars of gender studies, LGBTQ studies, sociology, health, and Asian studies.