Social movements and political activism in contemporary Japan : re-emerging from invisibility / edited by David Chiavacci and Julia Obinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chiavacci, David, editor.

Obinger, Julia, editor.

Series:

Mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

The mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Japan--History.

Social movements.

Political participation--Japan--History.

Political participation.

History.

Japan.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 202 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction

"Towards a new protest cycle in contemporary Japan? : resurgence of social movements and confrontational political activism in historical perspective" / David Chiavacci and Julia Obinger

Fresh perspectives on social movements and political activism

"The uneven path of social movements in Japan" / Patricia Steinhoff

"Asia and the development of civic activism in post-war Japan" / Simon Avenell

"Political protest from the periphery : social movements and global citizenship in Okinawa" / Gabriele Vogt

"Activism for harmony? : immigrant rights' activism and xenophobic activism" / Apichai Shipper

Fukushima and beyond : towards new political culture and action repertoires?

"Continuities and discontinuities of Japan's political activism before and after the Fukushima disaster" / Koichi Hasegawa

"The post-Fukushima anti-nuke protests and their impact on Japanese environmentalism" / Carl Cassegård

"Civil society advocacy after Fukushima : the case of the nuclear disaster victims' support law" / Ayaka Löschke

Mass media representations of youth social movements in Japan / Robin O'Day, David Slater and Satsuki Uno

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138091931

1138091936

OCLC:

1006520965