Alternative Politics in Contemporary Japan : : New Directions in Social Movements /

Alternative Politics in Contemporary Japan : : New Directions in Social Movements / / ed. by Patricia G. Steinhoff, David H. Slater.

Modern social movements frequently serve as a space to voice concerns in a supportive and collective context and thus are an important venue for individuals to learn how to speak up for themselves. With the rise of new generations and advancement of technology such as digital networks, contemporary...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2024
MitwirkendeR:
Aguiar Furuie, Vinicius de,
Asahina, Yuki,
Brown, Alexander,
Cassegård, Carl,
Furuie, Vinicius de Aguiar,
Iida, Yoko,
Kojima, Shinji,
Morioka, Rika,
Nishikido, Makoto,
O'Day, Robin,
O’Day, Robin,
Shaw, Vivian,
Slater, David H.,
Steinhoff, Patricia G.,
HerausgeberIn:
Slater, David H.,
Steinhoff, Patricia G.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2024]
©2024
Year of Publication:2024
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 14 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Transforming Invisible Civil Society into Alternative Politics
  • 2 The Power of Alternative Union Networks
  • 3 Union Is Hope: Freeter Mobilization
  • 4 Homelessness, Art, and Activism in Japan from the Early ’90s until Today
  • 5 Alternative Movements for Energy in Japan: The Development of Community Power Movements
  • 6 Continuity after Abeyance: Dismantling of Mobilizing Structures and Generational Turnover in the Cycles of Protest
  • 7 From Dismayed Mom to Activist Mother: A Process of Social Movement Participation after the Nuclear Disaster in Japan
  • 8 New Right-Wing Movements as Alternative Politics
  • 9 Antiracism before and after Fukushima
  • 10 Dressed in Pink: Antinuclear Activism in Post-Fukushima Japan and the Remodeling of a New Left Organization
  • 11 Mobilizing Musical Traditions in the Antinuclear Resistance in Post-Fukushima Japan
  • 12 Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like: Using Cultural Resources to Create Liberal Alternatives
  • Contributors
  • Index

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