Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce contributes to the debate about the impact of globalisation upon women. It examines the effect of restructuring upon women's employment in Japan and describes the actions women are taking individually and collectively to campaign for change in their working environment and the laws and practices regulating it.
Author(s): Beverley Bishop
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 208
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Figures and tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Glossary of Japanese terms......Page 16
Notes on style......Page 19
1 Introduction......Page 20
Part I Analytical framework......Page 32
2 A critical analysis of globalization......Page 34
3 Gender and globalization......Page 56
Part II Background to the analysis......Page 82
4 The Japanese model of capitalism and the globalization of Japanese production......Page 84
5 Women workers in the post-war model of capitalism in Japan......Page 105
Part III The impact of globalization and restructuring on women working in Japan......Page 128
‘Re-regulation’, restructuring and women in the regular workforce......Page 130
7 Deregulation, restructuring and women working in non-regular positions......Page 160
8 Globalization and women’s activism in Japan......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 210
9 Conclusions and discussion......Page 212
Appendix A......Page 222
Appendix B......Page 224
Appendix C......Page 226
Notes......Page 227
Bibliography......Page 235
Index......Page 261
