Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan Established and Emerging Repertoires

With a variety of contributors from throughout Japan, involved in a range of both established and emerging forms of civic engagement from NGOs, NPOs, to other less mainstream organizations, the Editors have compiled a comprehensive volume to give a thorough insiders’ look at the state of civil socie...

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Other Authors: Vinken, Henk (Editor), Nishimura, Yuko (Editor), White, Bruce L. J. (Editor), Deguchi, Masayuki (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, An International Multidisciplinary Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory section
  • Civil Society in Japan: Democracy, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy
  • Social Frameworks for Civil Society in Japan: In Search for a Japanese Model
  • Established forms of engagement
  • The Rising Voice of Japan’s Community Unions
  • Collaborative Environmentalism in Japan
  • A New Epoch of Immigration for Japan: Directional Shift in Civic Organizational Support for Newcomer Settlement
  • Engagement outside the mainstream
  • Civic Engagement and Community Development Among Japan’s Burakumin
  • “I’m Deaf. This is Sign. Get Used to It.” Sign Language in Japan: The Vision and the Struggle
  • Media and Civic Engagement in Japan
  • Emerging forms of engagement
  • The Soft Advocacy of Music Fandom: Japanese Youth and the Building of Civic Infrastructures of the Mind
  • Re-imagining the Relationship Between Japan and Korea: Popular Culture and Civic Engagement
  • Fun with Consumers: Enjoying Anticonsumerism in Japan
  • Concluding section
  • Conclusions: From Politicization to Culturalization of Civic Engagement
  • Epilogue: Toward a New Legal Form for Civic Engagement