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...
| Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: | |
|---|---|
| Άλλοι συγγραφείς: | , , , |
| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Έκδοση: |
New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
|
| Σειρά: | Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, An International Multidisciplinary Series,
|
| Θέματα: | |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
