Japan's dual civil society : members without advocates /
Japan's dual civil society : members without advocates / Robert Joseph Pekkanen. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2006. - 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - East-west center series on contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Japan's civil society in comparative perspective -- The regulatory framework -- Neighborhood associations and local civil society -- The politics of regulating civil society -- Conclusion : members without advocates.
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Civil society -- Japan.
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Japan.
Citizens' associations -- Japan.