Quality of Life and Working Life in ComparisonGyörgy Széll, Ute Széll The topic on the quality of life and working life in a comparative perspective between Japan and Germany is of high relevance for the sustainability of our societies. The interdisciplinary approaches from the diverse fields of social sciences, i.e. sociology, psychology, economics, political science, architecture and environmental studies cover the diverse issue as well from a theoretical, empirical and historical perspective. The volume assembles the 26 best contributions to the 10th meeting of the German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences, which took place in August 2008 in Osnabrück. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The President of the German JSPSClub | 7 |
Quality of Life and Working Life in Comparison | 15 |
A WinWin Strategy to Protect | 39 |
The Changing Institutional Framework for Local Democracy in Japan | 57 |
Problems with the Municipal Mergers in the Kiso Nagano Area | 71 |
Militarization in Japan and Germany | 87 |
Willy Brandts Ostpolitik and the Conference on Security and | 101 |
Japan and Europe at the ResourceEfficiency Frontier | 183 |
The Role of Carboncontained Materials in a Sustainable Society | 197 |
Distinctions and Similarities | 219 |
Toynbee on China and Japan versus the West 16001955 | 253 |
Quality of Life and Family Planning | 297 |
Peripheralisation Dualisation and Demographisation | 311 |
Basic Requirements for | 339 |
Indicators for Quality of Life and Working Life in Germany | 371 |
Institutional and Cultural Influences on Employment Behaviour | 129 |
Are Services a Remedy for Labour Market Problems? | 165 |
Transculturally Comparable? | 387 |
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