Population Decline and Ageing in Japan: The Social Consequences (Routledge Contemporary Japan) (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)

by Florian Coulmas (Author), Florian Coulmas (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $172.96

  Presents an analysis of one of the most pressing challenges facing Japan: population decline and ageing. This work argues that social ageing is a phenomenon that follows in the wake of industrialization, urbanization and social modernization, bringing about changes in values, institutions, social structures, and technology and culture.