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"Japan was the first Asian country to become a mature industrial society, and throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, was viewed as an ‘all-middle-class society’. However since the 1990s there have been growing doubts as to the real degree of social equality in Japan, particularly in the context of dramatic demographic shifts as the population ages whilst fertility levels continue to fall.This book compares Japan with America, Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden and Taiwan in order to determine whether inequality really is a social problem in Japan. With a focus on impact demographic shifts, Sawako Shirahase examines female labour market participation, income inequality among households with children, the state of the family, generational change, single person households and income distribution among the aged, and asks whether increasing inequality and is uniquely Japanese, or if it is a social problem common across all of the societies included in this study. Crucially, this book shows that Japan is distinctive not in terms of the degree of inequality in the society, but rather, in how acutely inequality is perceived. Further, the data shows that Japan differs from the other countries examined in terms of the gender gap in both the labour market and the family, and in inequality among single-person households – single men and women, including lifelong bachelors and spinsters – and also among single parent households, who pay a heavy price for having deviated from the expected pattern of life in Japan.Drawing on extensive empirical data, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in Japanese culture and society, Japanese studies and social policy more generally."

"PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL AND DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON AGEING The Study of the Life Course: Implications for Social Gerontology Dale Dannefer and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Past as Prologue: Toward a Global History of Ageing W. Andrew Achenbaum The Economics of Ageing James H. Schulz Social Anthropology and Ageing Christine L. Fry The Demography of Ageing Christina Victor Epidemiology of Ageing Dawn Alley and Eileen Crimmins Disability and Ageing: The Social Construction of Causality Jessica Kelley-Moore Environmental Perspectives on Ageing Hans-Werner Wahl and Frank Oswald PART TWO: AGEING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE Age and Inequality in Global Context Angela M. O'Rand, Katelin Isaacs, and Leslie Roth Gender and Ageing in the Context of Globalization Toni Calasanti Ageing and Health among Hispanics/​Latinos in the Americas Kyriakos Markides, Jennifer Salinas, and Rebecca Wong Religion and Age Peter G. Coleman Intergenerational Relationships of International Migrants in Developed Nations: The United States and France Merril Silverstein and Claudine Attias-Donfut Family and Age in a Global Perspective Ariela Lowenstein and Ruth Katz Intergenerational Relations: Asian Perspectives Leng Leng Thang Societal Dynamics in Personal Networks Theo van Tilburg and Fleur Thomése Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Ageing: Shattering Myths, Capturing Lives Dana Rosenfeld Friendship and Ageing Graham Allan PART THREE: AGEING AND INDIVIDUAL CHANGE Age, Self and Identity in the Global Century Jon Hendricks Social Structure, Cognition and Ageing Duane F. Alwin Stress and Agentic Ageing: A Targeted Adaptation Model Focused on Cancer Eva Kahana and Boaz Kahana Agency and Social Structure in Ageing and Life Course Research Victor W. Marshall and Philippa J. Clarke Age, Experience and the Beginning of Wisdom Monika Ardelt Loneliness and Ageing: Comparative Perspectives Marja Jylhä and Marja Saarenheimo.Biosocial Interactions in the Construction of Late-life Health Status Kathryn Z. Douthit and Andre Marquis Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Social and Cultural Context Danny George and Peter Whitehouse Socio-cultural Perspectives on Ageing Bodies Stephen Katz Time and Ageing: Enduring and Emerging Issues Jan Baars PART FOUR: AGEING, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT Ageing and International Development Peter Lloyd-Sherlock Migration and Age Tony Warnes Global Ageing: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa Isabella Aboderin Population Ageing and Old-age Insurance in China Zeng Yi and Linda K. George Ageing in a Global Context: the Asia-Pacific Region David R Phillips, Alfred C.M. Chan, and Sheung-Tak Cheng The Significance of Grandparents to Grandchildren: An International Perspective Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk A Social View on Healthy Ageing: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Australian Evidence H. Kendig and C. Browning Social Dimensions of Anti-ageing Science and Medicine Robert H. Binstock and Jennifer R. Fishman The New Ageing Enterprise Harry R. Moody PART FIVE: AGEING AND SOCIAL POLICY Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Perspectives from Europe Thomas Scharf Globalization, Social Policy and Ageing: A North American Perspective Carroll L. Estes and Steven P. Wallace Social Policies for Ageing Societies: Australasian Perspectives Michael Fine and Sally Keeling Cross-National Trends in Work and Retirement Philip Taylor Continuous and Long-term Care: European Perspectives Caroline Glendinning Long-term Care in China and Japan Yun Zhou and Yuzhi Liu Ageing and Quality of Life in Europe Alan Walker Later Life and Imprisonment Azrini Wahidin and Ronald H. Aday Ageing and Urban Society: Growing Old in the 'Century of the City' Chris Phillipson Technology and Older People Claudine McCreadie.End-of-Life Issues Liz Lloyd Ethics and Old Age: The Second Generation Martha Holstein The Politics of Ageing Susan A. MacManus with the assistance of Andrea L. Polk and David J. Bonanza.Notes"