Accidental Activists : : Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea /

Accidental Activists : : Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea / / Celeste L. Arrington.

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Government wrongdoing or negligence harms people worldwide, but not all victims are equally effective at obtaining redress. In Accidental Activists, Celeste L. Arrington examines the interactive dynamics of the politics of redress to understand why not. Relatively powerless groups like redress claim...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Arrington, Celeste L.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 2 line figures, 8 tables, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Conventions
  • Introduction: Victimhood and Governmental Accountability
  • 1. Explaining Redress Outcomes
  • 2. Constructing Victimhood and Villainy in Japan and Korea
  • 3. Hansen’s Disease Survivors’ Rights
  • 4. The Politics of Hepatitis C–Tainted Blood Products
  • 5. The North Korean Abductions and Abductee Families’ Activism
  • Conclusion: The Politics of Redress
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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