The book presents the completely new history of Japanese social state whose policies and knowledge were developed in the nineteenth century . Read More
Japan did not wait until its defeat in 1945 and the establishment of clear political citizenship rights to implement modern health and social policies. As early as the middle of the 19th century and the opening up of the country's borders, Japan inserted itself into the international circulation of knowledge that was experiencing a boom at the time.
After the Meiji Restoration, the governing and intellectual elites were able to meet the challenges of industrialisation and the construction of a nation State by designing ambitious policies based on a global approach to population, and which simultaneously covered public assistance for the destitute, hygiene, nutrition, demography, migration and employment. With the rise of the social movement and Japan's accession to the International Labour Organization, the aftermath of the First World War was decisive for the birth of a true form of 'social citizenship’. These policies, which continued to be implemented during the 1930s despite the decline of liberal and democratic ideas, established the foundations of the Japanese social State and form the basis of 'Japanese-style’ labour relations wherein companies play a central social role.
Deviating from the assumption that all industrialised societies developed in accordance with a Western model, this volume offers a riveting look at the history of modern Japan.
A former resident of the Maison franco-japonaise [Franco-Japanese House] and a guest researcher at the University of Tokyo, Bernard Thomann is now a professor of Japanese history at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales [National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations].
INTRODUCTION
I - L'OUVERTURE DU JAPON ET SES CONSÉQUENCES SANITAIRES ET SOCIALES (1854-1918)
Chapitre 1 / LES POLITIQUES D'ASSISTANCE AUX POPULATIONS DU DÉBUT DE LA PÉRIODE EDO AU DÉBUT DE L'ÈRE MEIJI
Chapitre 2 / LES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES DE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA POPULATION
Chapitre 3 / INDUSTRIALISATION ET NAISSANCE DE LA QUESTION SOCIALE
Chapitre 4 / L'HYGIÈNE INDUSTRIELLE
II - L'ÉMERGENCE D'UNE CITOYENNETÉ SOCIALE PENDANT LA « DÉMOCRATIE DE TAISHÔ » (1918-1929)
Chapitre 5 / MOUVEMENT SOCIAL ET INTERNATIONALISME
Chapitre 6 / NAISSANCE D'UNE SCIENCE DES POPULATIONS
Chapitre 7 / POLITIQUE SOCIALE ET RÉINVENTION DES SOLIDARITÉS
III - CRISES ET RATIONALISATION INDUSTRIELLE ET SOCIALE (1929-1937)
Chapitre 8 / LA CRISE DE 1929 ET LES MUTATIONS DE LA POLITIQUE ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIALE
Chapitre 9 / RATIONALISATION DE L'INDUSTRIE ET RELATIONS DE TRAVAIL
Chapitre 10 / DÉLITEMENT DE L’INTERNATIONALISME ET MILITARISATION DES POLITIQUES SANITAIRES ET SOCIALES
IV - LES POLITIQUES SANITAIRES ET SOCIALES DANS LA GUERRE TOTALE
Chapitre 11 / MOBILISATION GÉNÉRALE ET NOUVEL ORDRE ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL
Chapitre 12 / CONTRÔLER LES ENTREPRISES ET NORMALISER LA VIE DES OUVRIERS
Chapitre 13 / EXPLOITER, PRÉSERVER, MULTIPLIER LES POLITIQUES DE POPULATION ET L’EFFORT DE GUERRE
CONCLUSION