Developments in the Role and Function of Women in the Japanese Political Economy since the 1990s

• Main Authors: MohammadJavad Ranjkesh, Saeede Geramian
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Razi University 2020-08-01
• Series: مطالعات اقتصاد سیاسی بین‌الملل
• Subjects: globalization; japan; government policies; women; political economy
• Online Access: https://ipes.razi.ac.ir/article_1558_dac1004e1807a7c303ff6cd812975156.pdf

The globalization of the economy has had several effects on the internal affairs of societies and externalities, such as its governance. In the meantime, the role of the government as the only institution with high authority to respond to and adapt to external developments, has a special place. This adaptation sometimes has internal consequences on all institutions, arrangements and social classes in the economic, social and political spheres. The purpose of this article is to analyze the reactions of the Japanese government and feminist supporters to changes in political economy as well as patterns of family formation since the 1990s, given the common discourse between political economy and the family institution in Japan. The question of this article, therefore, is what is the relationship between the reconstruction of the political economy and the evolution of families and the gender roles of women in contemporary Japan since the 1990s? The hypothesis of the paper is that the reconstruction of political economy influenced by the developments of globalization has forced Japanese women to make a hasty leap from the Fordist model of family life to an idea of ​​individual self-reliance. The growth of women's egalitarian demands, the decline in marriage and birth rates, the weakening of the traditional family institution and, consequently, the need for government intervention in social and economic policies have been inevitable. The research method of this paper is descriptive-analytical and based on the collection of library and Internet documents.