Hiroko Costantini: Men, Care and Well-being in Super-aged Japan: Male family carers in a society in transition

Datum
01. Juni 2026 

Open access book 

Hiroko Costan­ti­ni: Men, Care and Well-being in Super-aged Japan: Male fam­i­ly car­ers in a soci­ety in transition 

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Men, Care and Well-being in Super-aged Japan
Male fam­i­ly car­ers in a soci­ety in transition
Hiroko Costantini
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Men, Care and Well-being in Super-aged Japan offers an inno­v­a­tive per­spec­tive on social sus­tain­abil­i­ty by exam­in­ing men’s well-being through their involve­ment in car­ing for old­er fam­i­ly mem­bers. Focus­ing on super-aged Japan, the book pro­vides a valu­able way to under­stand key social chal­lenges rel­e­vant to coun­tries on the cusp of an age­ing soci­ety. In con­trast to the pre­dom­i­nant focus on men in the work­place, this study shifts atten­tion to men in the fam­i­ly – such as men as sons, sons-in-law, hus­bands and grand­sons – whose roles in care remain understudied.
The first part explores men’s care rela­tions in the con­text of their extend­ed fam­i­ly rela­tions, includ­ing the emer­gence of sons-in-law in care. The sec­ond part widens the per­spec­tive to include the domain of work and relat­ed poli­cies to under­stand how men rec­on­cile care and work. The third part sit­u­ates men’s care­giv­ing in the broad­er soci­etal con­text, includ­ing atten­tion to the author’s nov­el notion of ‘care lit­er­a­cy’. The struc­ture pro­vides spe­cial­ists across rel­e­vant fields – such as well-being, mas­culin­i­ty, gen­der rela­tions and care sys­tems – greater flex­i­bil­i­ty in access­ing rel­e­vant sec­tions. Fur­ther, the design of parts and chap­ters sup­ports the book’s use as teach­ing mate­r­i­al in under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate courses.