Community Volunteers In Japan
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Community Volunteers In Japan
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Author : Lynne Y. Nakano
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
Community Volunteers In Japan written by Lynne Y. Nakano and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Voluntarism categories.
Based on extensive original research, this book explores the reality of volunteering in an urban residential Japanese neighbourhood.
Community Volunteers In Japan
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Author : Lynne Nakano
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005
Community Volunteers In Japan written by Lynne Nakano and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, tells the stories of community volunteers who make social change through their everyday acts. It discusses their experiences in children's activities, the parent-teachers association, juvenile delinquency prevention campaigns, and care of the elderly. It explores their conflicts and their motivations, and argues that personal decisions to volunteer and acts of volunteering, besides being personal choices, are productive of larger discussions of the needs and directions of Japanese society.
Politics And Volunteering In Japan A Global Perspective
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Author : Mary Alice Haddad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Politics And Volunteering In Japan A Global Perspective written by Mary Alice Haddad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Community organization categories.
Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been based implicitly on a U.S. model that does not adequately consider participation patterns found in other parts of the world. The book develops a theory of civic participation that, incorporates citizen attitudes about governmental and individual responsibility, with societal and governmental practices that support (or hinder) volunteer participation. This theory is tested using cross-national and sub-national statistical analysis, and it is refined through detailed case studies of volunteering in three Japanese cities. The findings are then used to build the Community Volunteerism Model, which explains and predicts both the types and rates of volunteering in communities around the world. The model is tested using four cross-national case studies (Finland, Japan, Turkey and the United States) and three sub-national case studies in Japan.
On The Margins Of Japanese Society
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Author : Carolyn S. Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
On The Margins Of Japanese Society written by Carolyn S. Stevens and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Social Science categories.
The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact Japan has its own underclass living outside the mainstream in economic circumstances that are radically different to the more usual perception of a wealthy and sucessful society. Carolyn S. Stevens has produced a new study that intimately explores the lives of Japan's social outcasts as well as those volunteers who seek to help them and as a consequence become socially marginalized themselves.
Promising Practices Women Volunteers In Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society
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Author : Paola Cavaliere
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-01-27
Promising Practices Women Volunteers In Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society written by Paola Cavaliere and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-27 with Social Science categories.
Based upon a survey of five faith-based volunteer groups, Promising Practices offers valuable insights and fresh perspectives into the ways women’s participation in religious civic organizations may work as a gateway toward participatory democracy. By approaching women’s faith-based volunteering as a social practice, the book engages with three of the most important dimensions of civil society: gender, religion, and democracy. Cavaliere teases out the complexity of interactions among these three dimensions of civic life through stories of individual women who volunteer for three different religious organizations. The volume examines how faith-based volunteering is experienced by women in contemporary Japan and how it becomes a site of empowering and disempowering practices through which women balance the benefits and the costs of personal shifts, socio-economic changes and democratic transformation.
The Fukushima And Tohoku Disaster
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Author : School of Societal Safety Sciences
language : en
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Release Date : 2017-10-26
The Fukushima And Tohoku Disaster written by School of Societal Safety Sciences and has been published by Butterworth-Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-26 with Science categories.
The Fukushima and Tohoku Disaster: A Review of the Five-Year Reconstruction Efforts covers the outcome of the response, five years later, to the disasters associated with the Great East Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011. The 3.11 disaster, as it is referred to in Japan, was a complex accident, the likes of which humans had never faced before. This book evaluates the actions taken during and after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident, for which the Japanese government and people were not prepared. The book also provides recommendations for preparing and responding to disasters for those working and living in disaster-prone areas, making it a vital resource for disaster managers and government agencies. Includes guidelines for governments, communities and businesses in areas where similar complex disasters are likely to occur Provides information, propositions, suggestions and advice from the people that were involved in making suggestions to the Japanese government Features case studies (both pre- and post-disaster) of three simultaneous disasters: the Great East Japan earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster
Japan S Development Assistance
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Author : Yasutami Shimomura
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-26
Japan S Development Assistance written by Yasutami Shimomura and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Political Science categories.
Once the world's largest ODA provider, contemporary Japan seems much less visible in international development. However, this book demonstrates that Japan, with its own aid philosophy, experiences, and models of aid, has ample lessons to offer to the international community as the latter seeks new paradigms of development cooperation.
Community Based Integrated Care And The Inclusive Society
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Author : Hitoshi Miyazawa
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-09
Community Based Integrated Care And The Inclusive Society written by Hitoshi Miyazawa and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses the building of comprehensive community support systems, which constitutes a key issue in social security reforms in Japan. The book comprises three parts: (I) Mapping Social Security in Japan, (II) Community-Based Integrated Care Systems in Japan, and (III) A Prospect of Community-Based Inclusive Society in Japan. The chapters in this book were composed on the basis of research into community-based integrated care systems and community-based inclusive society, conducted by members of the Association of Japanese Geographers’ Study Group “Regional Issues Related to the Birthrate Decline and Population Aging.” Choosing local governments with different regional characteristics, the authors conducted empirical research to uncover the characteristics of comprehensive community support systems, building processes, and challenges in the respective local governments. Non-Japanese readers will acquire an understanding of the characteristics of social security and the trends of the reforms in Japan. To support its use as a reference book, chapters in Part I include numerous maps and figures with the themes of welfare, medical care, and health levels in Japan.
Life Course Happiness And Well Being In Japan
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Author : Barbara Holthus
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-04-21
Life Course Happiness And Well Being In Japan written by Barbara Holthus and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-21 with Philosophy categories.
Much of the existing literature on happiness in Japan has been produced in the field of economics and psychology and is quantitative in nature. Here, for the first time, a group of anthropologists and sociologists jointly analyze the state of happiness and unhappiness in Japan among varying social groups in its physical, interpersonal, existential and structural dimensions, offering new insights into fundamental issues. This book investigates the connections between sociostructural aspects, individual agency and happiness in contemporary Japan from a life course perspective. The contributors examine quantitative and qualitative empirical data on the processes that impact how happiness and well-being are envisioned, crafted, and debated in Japan across the life-cycle. Therefore, the book discusses the shifting notions of happiness during people’s lives from birth to death, analyzing the age group-specific experiences while taking into consideration people’s life trajectories and historical changes. It points out recent developments in regards to demographic change, late marriage, and the changing labor market and focuses on their significant impact on the well-being of Japanese people. In particular it highlights the interdependencies of lives within the family and how families are collaborating for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing the happiness of its members. Broadening our understanding of the multidimensionality of happiness in Japan, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology.
Japan S Socio Economic Evolution
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Author : Sarah Metzger-Court
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1996
Japan S Socio Economic Evolution written by Sarah Metzger-Court and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
Drawing on papers given at the 1994 triennial conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies, this volume covers a range of topics - from the commercial and industrial transformation of Osaka in the late 19th century to the role and status of J