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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arrington, Celeste L., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London [England] : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Victims > Political activity > Korea (South)
Victims > Political activity > Japan.
Government liability > Korea (South)
Government liability > Japan.
Political participation > Korea (South)
Political participation > Japan.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : victimhood and government accountability
  • 1. Explaining redress outcomes
  • 2. Constructing victimhood and villainy in Japan and Korea
  • 3. Hansesn'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.

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