Inquiring the growth and decline of the very poor in Japan
David-Antoine Malinas
Date: 8 February 2012Time: 5:00 PM
Finishes: 8 February 2012Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: G50
Type of Event: Seminar
Series: JRC Seminar Programme
Abstract
Poverty and inequality became major social questions in Japan in the recent years. But since the global crisis hit Japan, a strange fact occurred: there are more poor people (such as unemployed or social welfare receivers) but less homeless people. The situation of the very poor in Japan is questioning the common knowledge we have on social stratification and structure. Especially in Europe, the relation between the poor and the very poor is often presented as related to each other. Also, in this presentation I will inquire the specifics reasons of the growth and decline of the homeless figure in Japan.
Biography
PhD in Social Sciences (2005, Hitotsubashi University) and in Political Sciences (2007, Panthéon-Sorbonne University) ; Postdoctoral researcher at the French Japanese Houses Research Center from 2007 to 2009 ; Research fellow at the Center of Excellence “Social Stratification and Inequality” of Tohoku University since 2009 ; Associate professor at Paris VII University in Japonology since 2011.
His main themes of research are poverty and civil society in Japan, studying the mobilization process of the very poor since the 90s, its socio-political meanings and consequences. He is the author of homeless struggle in Japan - the rebirth of civil society, L’Harmattan, 2011 (in French)”.
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