Equality-Oriented Policies in Japan

Abstract

This article briefly summarizes the author’s dissertation thesis on ‘Equality-Oriented Policies in Japan’. The thesis is part of a large-scale comparative project in which a broad variety of equality-oriented policies in different countries are analyzed and compared – ranging from anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action, redistributive policies (tax law, social security systems) to non-regulatory mechanisms like infrastructural projects or awareness-rising programmes. The thesis ‘Inter Pares’ was published in 2012 (in German language).