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Popular democracy in Japan : how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / Sherry L. Martin.
LIBRA JQ1681 .M3 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Sherry L., 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Japan.
- Democracy.
- Community power.
- Women--Political activity.
- Politics and government.
- Japan.
- Japan--Politics and government--21st century.
- Political participation--Japan.
- Political participation.
- Political culture--Japan.
- Political culture.
- Women--Political activity--Japan.
- Women.
- Community power--Japan.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction : why don't they stay home?
- The political distance between citizens and elites
- New styles of political leadership and community mobilization
- National attitudes and local action : changing the center from the periphery
- Politically excluded "commoners" : a gendered pathway to participation
- Gender and "communities of practice" : escaping the regulatory boundaries of formal education
- Conclusion : engendering knowledge and political action.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801449178
- 0801449170
- OCLC:
- 671238502
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