Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan : The Revival of a Defeated Society
by
Rieko Kage
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521192579
ISBN-13
9780521192576
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 15th, 2010
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
442 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.30 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Politics & governmentPolitics and government
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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. Using the case of Japan as a starting point, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work.
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.
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