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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Springer
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Colección: | Nonprofit and civil society studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455676506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
