Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society /

"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Why? Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan answers this question with a new general theory of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kage, Rieko, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Civil society > Japan > History > 20th century.
Postwar reconstruction > Japan > Citizen participation.
Political participation > Japan > History > 20th century.
Société civile > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Japon > Participation des citoyens.
Participation politique > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Civil society.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
Wiederaufbau
Zivilgesellschaft
Japan > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Japan.
Japan
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Civic engagement: the dependent variable
  • War and civic engagement: a theoretical framework
  • Quantitative analysis: the rise of civic engagement across forty-six Japanese prefectures
  • The long-term effects of wartime mobilization: cross-national analysis
  • Repression and revivial of the YMCA Japan
  • Wartime endorsement and postwar repression of a traditional art
  • Civil society and reconstruction in postwar Japan.

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