Dear friends and colleagues,



I would like to announce the publication of the following book (eBook version only; printed version is scheduled for July 19):



Family Life in Japan and Germany - Challenges for a Gender-Sensitive Family Policy

Editors: Uta Meier-Gräwe, Miyoko Motozawa, Annette Schad-Seifert

Publisher: Springer VS 2019

eBook download under the following link:

https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658266370#aboutBook



About the book:

This volume addresses the family situation in Japan and Germany. Gender-segregated labor markets and precarious employment patterns bear detrimental consequences for the socioeconomic capacity to maintain family households and to have children. By applying a gender-sensitive approach, this volume's focus is on the impact of family law, family policy, and family support measures. Scholars from Japan and Germany examine differences and characteristics of social security legislation, intergenerational support systems, single-parent families, inequality among households and poverty situations, local domestic and care service provision, female labor market participation, parental leave systems, organization of child care, domestic violence, historical developments of housework as an institution, and labor market policies.


Contributors: Hans Bertram, Steffen Heinrich, Eva Hohnerlein, Barbara Holthus, Masako Ishii-Kuntz, Chie Maekoya, Uta Meier-Gräwe, Miyoko Motozawa, Annette Schad-Seifert, Yoko Tanaka.


With best wishes,

Annette Schad-Seifert



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Prof. Dr. Annette Schad-Seifert

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Institut für Modernes Japan

Universitätsstr. 1

40225 Düsseldorf


Tel.: 0211-81-14359

Fax: 0211-81-14714