Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society / Rieko Kage.
| Author/creator |
Kage, Rieko, 1973- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description | xv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Cover image |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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 growth in civic engagement in postwar democracies. It argues that wartime mobilization unintentionally instills civic skills in the citizenry, thus laying the groundwork for a postwar civic engagement boom. Meanwhile, legacies of prewar associational activities shape the costs of association-building and information-gathering, thus affecting the actual extent of the postwar boom. Combining original data collection, rigorous statistical methods, and in-depth historical case analyses, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010030585 |
| ISBN | 9780521192576 |
| ISBN | 0521192579 |
| Standard identifier# | 40018873750 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | JQ1681 .K33 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |