{"product_id":"environmental-politics-in-japan-networks-of-power-and-protest-paperback-9780521665742","title":"Environmental Politics in Japan; Networks of Power and Protest (Paperback) 9780521665742","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnvironmental Politics in Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNetworks of Power and Protest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the social, cultural, and political explanations for Japan's environmental problems through a local and national study.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey Broadbent (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521665742, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 July 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages, 13 b\/w illus.  3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an excellently researched and clearly written contribution to the study of comparative and international environmental politics.' Asian Journal of Political Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfter World War Two, Japan attained economic growth but suffered environmental disaster.  In response to massive protest in the 1960s and 1970s, the Japanese government rapidly reduced the worst air and water pollution. Jeffrey Broadbent's case study of industrial growth and pollution in a rural Japanese prefecture explains this response while testing political, social movement and environmental theory. The state, conservative political party and big business pushed rampant growth until movements posed a political and disruptive challenge. Then, the elites passed some pollution control, but also demobilized local protest, quashed discontent, and prevented the formation of national environmental groups. Without the protest threat, business stymied other government pollution-control plans. The interaction of material, institutional and cultural factors, especially informal institutions, explained the dominance of actors and the pattern of outcomes. Through this syncretic lens in a non-Western setting, this study refines our theories of the state, protest movements, political process, and environmental problems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Growth versus the environment in Japan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Visions and realities of growth\u003cbr\u003e 3. Protest and policy change\u003cbr\u003e 4. Movement startups\u003cbr\u003e 5. Protest against landfill No. 8\u003cbr\u003e 6. Under the machine\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Governor gives in\u003cbr\u003e 8. Contested consensus\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pyrrhic victories\u003cbr\u003e 10. Power, protest, and political change\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1:  Meso-networks and macro-structures\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2:  Oita Prefecture and Japan National Growth and environmental key events: 1955–1980\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Pollution legislation at prefectural and national levels: 1964–1985\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251991826712,"sku":"9780521665742","price":38.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521665742i.jpg?v=1691927928","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/environmental-politics-in-japan-networks-of-power-and-protest-paperback-9780521665742","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}