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Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan (International Political Economy)
Ritu Vij
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Description for Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan (International Political Economy)
Hardcover. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKSN; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403915443
SKU
V9781403915443
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Ref
99-15
About Ritu Vij
RITU VIJ is Lecturer of International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She was previously at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan, as the recipient of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Social Science Research Council (USA) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). She is editor of Globalization and Welfare: A Critical Reader.
Reviews for Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan (International Political Economy)
'Ritu Vij shows the Japanese a new way of seeing themselves, a way that blocks the facile escape to claims of cultural uniqueness. She richly analyzes and locates Japan in the context of late modernity. More than a major contribution to Japan studies, the book is a solid treatise on comparative political economy. How do states and markets contribute to ... Read more