Format:
XXIII, 406 S. :
,
Ill.
ISBN:
978-0-8047-5781-2
,
978-0-8047-5782-9
Content:
From the Publisher: This book looks at the emergence of internationally linked Japanese nongovernmental advocacy networks that have grown rapidly since the 1990s in the context of three conjunctural forces: neoliberalism, militarism, and nationalism. It connects three disparate literatures-on the global justice movement, on Japanese civil society, and on global citizenship education. Through the narratives of fifty activists in eight overlapping issue areas-global governance, labor, food sovereignty, peace, HIV/AIDS, gender, minority and human rights, and youth-Another Japan is Possible examines the genesis of these new social movements; their critiques of neoliberalism, militarism, and nationalism; their local, regional, and global connections; their relationships with the Japanese government; and their role in constructing a new identity of the Japanese as global citizens. Its purpose is to highlight the interactions between the global and the local-that is, how international human rights and global governance issues resonate within Japan and how, in turn, local alternatives are articulated by Japanese advocacy groups-and to analyze citizenship from a postnational and postmodern perspective.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-391) and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Soziale Bewegung
;
Soziale Probleme
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=016390112&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA