Housing and Social Transition in Japan

<p>Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system <em>Housing and Social Transition in Japan </em>provides a comprehensive challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of the most enigmatic social political and economic systems of the modern world.</p><p>While Japan demonstrates many of the characteristics of some western housing and social systems including mass homeownership and consumption-based lifestyles extensive economic growth and rapid urban modernization has been achieved in balance with traditional social values and the maintenance of the family system. Helpfully divided into three sections <em>Housing and Social Transition in Japan:</em></p><ul> <li>explores the dynamics of the development of the housing system in post-war Japan</li> <li>deals with social issues related to housing in terms of social aging family relations gender and inequality</li> <li>addresses the Japanese housing system and social change in relation to comparative and theoretical frameworks. </li> </ul><p>As well as providing challenges and insights for the academic community at large this book also provides a good introduction to the study of Japan and its housing economic social and welfare system generally.</p>