This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This volume represents the beginning of a ''cross pollination'' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Dieses Buch vermittelt ein umfassendes und differenziertes Bild der Weltwirtschaftsmacht Japan aus einer modernen sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Es führt einerseits in die grundlegenden Strukturen und Entwicklungen in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik ein und bietet somit die entscheidenden Grundinformationen zum Verständnis des Landes. Andererseits analysiert es den raschen Wandel und diskutiert die drängenden aktuellen Probleme, denen sich Japan in all diesen Bereichen gegenübersieht. Der moderne wirtschaftswissenschaftliche, politikwissenschaftliche und soziologische Zugang zwingt uns, unser traditionelles, manchmal auch exotisches Japanbild in Frage zu stellen. Auch in der zweiten Auflage bietet dieses Standardwerk somit die unentbehrliche Grundlage für Studium, Forschung und Beruf.

Die Beiträge in diesem Band entwickeln eine neuartige Perspektive auf Arbeit und Arbeitsmärkte, welche den nationalstaatlichen Referenzrahmen überschreitet. Drei Phänomene sind für die Transnationalisierung von Arbeit von besonderer Bedeutung: (1) die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitskräften, (2) die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitstätigkeiten und Wissen, die teilweise, aber nicht zwangsläufig mit einer Verlagerung der Produktionsstandorte verbunden ist, und (3) die Herausbildung europäischer, transnationaler und globaler Institutionen, in welche die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitskräften, Arbeitstätigkeiten und Wissen zunehmend eingebettet ist.

This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This volume represents the beginning of a ''cross pollination'' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets.The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets.The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Dieses Buch vermittelt ein umfassendes und differenziertes Bild der Weltwirtschaftsmacht Japan aus einer modernen sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Es führt einerseits in die grundlegenden Strukturen und Entwicklungen in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik ein und bietet somit die entscheidenden Grundinformationen zum Verständnis des Landes. Andererseits analysiert es den raschen Wandel und diskutiert die drängenden aktuellen Probleme, denen sich Japan in all diesen Bereichen gegenübersieht. Der moderne wirtschaftswissenschaftliche, politikwissenschaftliche und soziologische Zugang zwingt uns, unser traditionelles, manchmal auch exotisches Japanbild in Frage zu stellen. Auch in der zweiten Auflage bietet dieses Standardwerk somit die unentbehrliche Grundlage für Studium, Forschung und Beruf.

Die Beiträge in diesem Band entwickeln eine neuartige Perspektive auf Arbeit und Arbeitsmärkte, welche den nationalstaatlichen Referenzrahmen überschreitet. Drei Phänomene sind für die Transnationalisierung von Arbeit von besonderer Bedeutung: (1) die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitskräften, (2) die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitstätigkeiten und Wissen, die teilweise, aber nicht zwangsläufig mit einer Verlagerung der Produktionsstandorte verbunden ist, und (3) die Herausbildung europäischer, transnationaler und globaler Institutionen, in welche die grenzüberschreitende Mobilität von Arbeitskräften, Arbeitstätigkeiten und Wissen zunehmend eingebettet ist.