Titlebook: Gender Policies in Japan and the United States: Comparing Women’s Movements, Rights and Politics; Joyce Gelb Book 2003 Joyce Gelb 2003 emp

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Introduction,ng American lines. Superficially, the countries bear some similarities, particularly due to Japan’s U.S.—sponsored constitution. It includes the equivalent of an Equal Rights Amendment, Article 14, which states that Japanese men and women are equal under the law, although this clause has never been fully realized.

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Reproductive Rights Policy in the United States and Japan,vely free access to abortion was a legacy of the post-war period, in the United States a reciprocal dynamic was created in which exclusive moral perspectives and identity politics prevented compromise, despite the continued activism of the feminist movement on this issue, considered “the core” concern for many (Warren, 2001).

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Conclusion: Assessing Policy Change,g of gender in two distinct cultures and political systems. This study fits best within the framework of qualitative analysis, as a set of “first step” studies of relatively uncharted areas identifying the complex forces at work in a small number of cases through “thick description” and “process tracing” (Mazur, 2002, 173).

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Book 2003eform, as well as new trends toward policy cooperation. The future role of the United States, long a leader in policy development for women, is critically analyzed, and Gelb suggests that American feminists and policymakers can learn important lessons from the experience of Japanese women‘s movements and efforts at influencing public policy.

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es. It focuses on the role of women‘s movements and other factors in determining policy. Three policies are examined: Equal employment, domestic violence and reproductive rights, with additional attention to gender equality policy in Japan and ‘family friendly policy‘ in both nations. The analysis e

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01507-0 the structure of the movements in each country and relations with other organizations, including political parties, and the state. Social movements in general and feminist movements in particular are engaged in changing societal structures and attempts to reallocate their rewards and benefits. Soci

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