ISBN:
9780415812191
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (208 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge / Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Japan's New Left Movements : Legacies for Civil Society
DDC:
303.48/40952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan shocked the world. In the wake the of the disaster, questions were asked as to why Japanese antinuclear movements were not able to prevent those with vested interests, such as businesses, bureaucrats, the media and academics, from facilitating nuclear energy policies? Taking this question as its starting point, this book looks more widely at the development and powerlessness of Japanese civil society, and seeks to untangle this intersection between social movements and civil society in postwa
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Japan's New Left Movements; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I.1 The New Left and "disciplinisation"; I.2 Transforming "everydayness"; I.3 The rapid decline of New Left movements; I.4 Research method and features of the book; 1 Before the emergence of "everydayness": people's movements for democratisation in the early postwar period; 1.1 "The postwar progressives" and the Anpo protests of 1960; 1.2 The spread of protests for democratisation to rural areas; 1.3 Transforming relations with the hometown
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Transforming "everydayness": the formation and development of New Left movements in the 1960s2.1 Organising young people; 2.2 Transforming the way individuals live; 2.3 Direct action as a symbol of self-transformation; 3 The decline of the New Left from the 1960s into the 1970s: the changing characteristics of self-revolution in everydayness"; 3.1 Dissent from the community; 3.2 Policing protest based on communities; 3.3 Police officers as servants to the public; 3.4 New Leftists in deadlock; 4 The Japanese New Left in the 1970s: the development of self-transformation in "everydayness"
Description / Table of Contents:
4.1 The reflection of New Leftists on their activism in the 1960s4.2 Learning from people's lives; 4.3 Asian people as a mirror of personal transformation; 5 The lack of "new politics" in Japan in the 1970s; 5.1 The possibilities of new politics in Japan; 5.2 The JSP's failure to transform; 5.3 Women's vote for women: the Upper House election in 1977; 5.4 Local protests and party politics; Conclusion; C.1 The shift of discourses in the New Left; C.2 The legacy of the Japanese New Left; C.3 The future of activism: after 11 March 2011; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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