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Preferences for redistribution in Japan 日本对再分配的偏好

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1981139

U. Yuksel

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Introduction to the special issue of Japanese Political Economy on international income inequality 《日本政治经济学》国际收入不平等专题导论

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1972816

A. Freeman

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“We do not want to survive; we want to thrive.”: Japanese agricultural cooperative’s seven decades of overcoming degeneration “我们不想生存;我们想要茁壮成长。:日本农业合作社克服退化的七十年

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1973902

R. G. Muchetu

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Interpretation of Chapter 17 of The General Theory and reconciliation between the endogenous money supply and the liquidity preference theory 《通论》第十七章的解释与内生性货币供给与流动性偏好理论的调和

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1984253

T. Oka

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Income inequality: Past, present and future in a political economy perspective 收入不平等:政治经济学视角下的过去、现在和未来

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1978298

Pascal Mickael Petit

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Transformation of the class structure in contemporary Japan 当代日本阶级结构的变迁

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1943685

Kenji Hashimoto

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Impact of Marxist feminism on Japanese women’s movement: Focusing on the domestic labor debates 马克思主义女性主义对日本妇女运动的影响:以国内劳工争论为中心

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1874827

K. Ida

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Why do Japanese women suffer from the low status?: The impact of neo-liberalist reform on gender 为什么日本女性地位低下?:新自由主义改革对性别的影响

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1892496

C. Ueno

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Development, gender, and asymmetries between Mexico and Japan 墨西哥和日本之间的发展、性别和不对称

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1878905

Alicia Girón

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Gender equality, paid and unpaid care and domestic work: Disadvantages of state-supported marketization of care and domestic work 性别平等，有偿和无偿护理和家务劳动:国家支持的护理和家务劳动市场化的弊端

The Japanese Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI: 10.1080/2329194X.2021.1874826

Sumika Yamane

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