ISBN:
9780387096261
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (508 pages)
Series Statement:
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
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DDC:
303.484095
Keywords:
Culture-Study and teaching
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In the study of civil society and social movements, most cases are based in Western Europe and North America. This is the first edited book examining social movements in East Asia and it provides a direct contrast to books focused on Western social movements.
Abstract:
NONPROFIT AND CIVIL SOCIETY STUDIES -- East Asian Social Movements -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: East Asian Social Movements -- Explaining East Asian Protest Movements -- Social Movements and East Asian Culture -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Introduction to Japanese Society, Culture, and Politics -- References -- The Duality of Social Systems and the Environmental Movement in Japan -- Introduction -- Management and Domination: The Dual Character of Social Systems -- The Management System and Management Problems -- The Domination System and the Problems of Inequality and Victimization -- Interrelation of the Two Systems -- Three Cases of Environmental Problem-Solving Processes -- The Numazu Waste Separation Case -- Implications of This Case -- Conditions That Enable Change -- Problem Solving in the Domination System: The Case of the Niigata ``Minamata'' Disease -- The Original ``Minamata'' Disease -- Niigata Area Minamata Disease -- Implication of This Case -- Concealment and Discrimination -- Inequality of Power -- Conditions Facilitating Change -- Cooperative Problem Solving by Opposing Actors: The Case of the ``Garbage War'' in Tokyo -- Process of Cooperative Problem Solving By Opposing Actors -- Implication of This Type of Problem Solving -- Comparison of the Three Problem-Solving Process -- Setting the Three Cases Within the Longer Historical Transformation -- Conclusions -- References -- A Comparative Study of Social Movements for a Post-nuclear Energy Era in Japan and the USA -- Pro-nuclear and Skepticism: East Asia and Western Countries -- Theoretical Scheme and Data of the Comparative Study -- Movements Against Nuclear Energy in the USA -- Nuclear Reactors and Movements Against Nuclear Energy in Japan -- History and Stages of Anti-nuclear Movements in Japan.
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