(2) Public Symposium:
Is Japan an Equal Society? Policies against Poverty and Social Exclusion

 

Programme

What is Social Exclusion?
Lessons from the UK, Hopes for Japan

Venue: North Hall, Keio University, Tokyo
Time: January 7th, 2012 13:00～17:15

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13.00 — Opening Words
Dr Nishimura, Director, IPSS

13.15 — Keynote Speeches
David Gordon, University of Bristol:
Poverty and Social Exclusion Policies in the UK

Makoto Yuasa, Head, Social Exclusion Unit Japan:
The Success and Failures of Social Inclusion Policy in Japan

15.00 — Break

15.15 — Panel Discussion
Moderator: Aya Abe, NIPSSR

David Gordon, Bristol University
Makoto Yuasa, Social Exclusion Unit Japan
Jonathan Bradshaw, York University
Christina Pantazis, Bristol University
Kohei Komamura, Keio University
Masami Iwata, Japan Women's University →
Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Doshisha University

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岩田正美

1947年生まれ。1971年中央大学大学院経済学研究科修士課程終了。博士（社会福祉学）。現在、日本女子大学教授、2008年より現代女性キャリア研究所所長。ブリストル大学客員研究員（2001-2002）。研究テーマは、貧困と福祉政策、バネル調査と貧困ダイナミックス、ホームレス問題と社会的排除。『戦後社会福祉の展開と大都市最底辺』（ミネルヴァ書房）で第2回社会政策学会学術賞、第4回福武直賞を受賞。社会政策、日本の社会福祉、社会的排除と貧困問題に関する著作が多数ある。


主な業績

Poverty and Social Work: Theory of Public Assistance (in Japanese), with Okabe, T. and Shimizu, K., Yuhikaku (2003)

"Homelessness in Contemporary Japan" Izuhara, M. (eds.) Comparing Social Policies: Exploring new perspectives in Britain and Japan, Policy Press (2003)

"New Poverty and Strategies for 'Social Exclusion'" Uyama, K. and Kobayashi, R. (eds.) Focus of the New Social Welfare (in Japanese), Mitsuokan (2004)

Poverty and Social Exclusion: What Undermine the Social Welfare (in Japanese), with Nishizawa, A., Minerva (2005)

Poverty in Contemporary Japan: Working Poor/ Homeless/ Social Security (in Japanese), Chikuma (2007)

"Social Exclusion and Homelessness" Hirayama, Y. and Ronald, R. (eds.) Housing and Social Transition in Japan, Routledge (2007)

Social Exclusion: Lack of Participation, Uncertain Attribution (in Japanese), Yuhikaku Insight (2008)

Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan (with Akihiko Nishizawa), Trans Pacific Press (2008)


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