Fukushima and Civil Society The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Sociopolitical Perspective
Bochorodycz, Beata
Fukushima and Civil Society The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Sociopolitical Perspective - Taylor & Francis 2023 - 1 online resource
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This book analyzes the impact of the Fukushima disaster on civil society in Japan with particular attention to the anti-nuclear movement, focusing on its development, repertoire of action, mobilization strategies, modes of operation, and impact on the state's energy policy. Combining social movement theory and civil society theory, the author draws on extensive fieldwork in Japan to explore the context of the sociopolitical situation in Japan up to the Fukushima accident and to offer a typological description and analysis of the anti-nuclear movement that emerged after the disaster. Through an analysis of the relationship between the power elite and the anti-nuclear movement organizations, this volume considers the influences exercised by the ruling elites on civil society and vice versa, thus assessing the effects of the anti-nuclear movement on the state policy and the society. A comprehensive account of the anti-nuclear movement in post-Fukushima Japan, embedded within a broader perspective of the movement's historical development, contemporary political structures, and opportunities, Fukushima and Civil Society will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with an interest in social movements.
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9781003179696 9781003179696 9781032017020 9781032017037
10.4324/9781003179696 doi
Civil,Fukushima, Japanese, Movement, Nuclear, Perspective, Political, Society, Socio
Fukushima and Civil Society The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Sociopolitical Perspective - Taylor & Francis 2023 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
This book analyzes the impact of the Fukushima disaster on civil society in Japan with particular attention to the anti-nuclear movement, focusing on its development, repertoire of action, mobilization strategies, modes of operation, and impact on the state's energy policy. Combining social movement theory and civil society theory, the author draws on extensive fieldwork in Japan to explore the context of the sociopolitical situation in Japan up to the Fukushima accident and to offer a typological description and analysis of the anti-nuclear movement that emerged after the disaster. Through an analysis of the relationship between the power elite and the anti-nuclear movement organizations, this volume considers the influences exercised by the ruling elites on civil society and vice versa, thus assessing the effects of the anti-nuclear movement on the state policy and the society. A comprehensive account of the anti-nuclear movement in post-Fukushima Japan, embedded within a broader perspective of the movement's historical development, contemporary political structures, and opportunities, Fukushima and Civil Society will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with an interest in social movements.
All rights reserved
English
9781003179696 9781003179696 9781032017020 9781032017037
10.4324/9781003179696 doi
Civil,Fukushima, Japanese, Movement, Nuclear, Perspective, Political, Society, Socio