Affiliation: | Tabata Hirokuni is a Professor specializing in labor law at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. He is the co-author with Kase Kazutoshi of Shitsugy Mondai no Seiji to Keizai (The Politics and Economics of the Problem of Unemployment), Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Hyronsha (2000). His other recent publications include Fukushi Kokka to Rd SeisakuJend no Shiten kara (The Welfare State and Labor Policy: From a Gender Perspective) in Fukushi Kokka to Jend (The Welfare State and Gender), ed. sawa Mari, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten (2004): 97128. He can be reached at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan or by e-mail at tabata{at}iss.utokyo.ac.jp |