{"product_id":"the-state-of-civil-society-in-japan-hardback-9780521827300","title":"The State of Civil Society in Japan (Hardback) 9780521827300","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe State of Civil Society in Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is about associational life and the public sphere in Japan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank J. Schwartz (Edited by), Susan J. Pharr (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521827300, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 October 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages, 14 b\/w illus.  14 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.78 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'The contributors' insistence on analyzing the interplay between the state and civil society, rather than studying the spheres in isolation, is a valuable framework … the book is a major step toward understanding the complexity of Japan's civil society, especially the interplay of society and the state.' The Asahi Shimbun\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor all the obstacles that remain, civil society is burgeoning in Japan, and the idea of civil society is at the core of the current debate about how to reinvigorate the country. This book gathers the insights of American and Japanese scholars from the fields of political science, sociology, social psychology, and history to investigate the nature of associational life and the public sphere in Japan. It goes beyond assessing the condition of civil society to explore the role of the state in shaping civil society over time, and its broad, comparative framework is useful for thinking about civil society not just in Japan, but elsewhere in the contemporary world. Given its wealth of original research and the uniform strength of its individual chapters, this book will appeal to a broad audience of social scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Context: 1. What is civil society? Frank Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Meiji to Heisei: the state and civil society in Japan Sheldon Garon\u003cbr\u003e 3. Capitalism and civil society in postwar Japan: perspectives from intellectual history Andrew Barshay\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Associational Sphere: 4. Japan's civil society organizations in comparative perspective Tsujinaka Yutaka\u003cbr\u003e 5. Molding Japanese civil society: state structured incentives and the patterning of civil society Robert Pekkanen\u003cbr\u003e 6. After Aum: religion and civil society in Japan Helen Hardacre\u003cbr\u003e 7. State-society partnerships in the Japanese welfare state Margarita Estevez-Abe\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Nonmarket Activities of Economic Actors: 8. Redefining the conservative coalition: agriculture and small business in Japan Robert Bullock\u003cbr\u003e 9. The death of unions' associational life? Political and cultural aspects of enterprise unions Suzuki Akira\u003cbr\u003e 10. The struggle for an independent consumer society: consumer activism and the state's response in postwar Japan Patricia Maclachlan\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. State-Civil Society Linkages: 11. Media and the Internet in the development of civil society in Japan Laurie Freeman\u003cbr\u003e 12. A tale of two legal systems: prosecuting corruption in Japan and Italy David Johnson\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Globalization and Value Change: 13. Trust and social intelligence in Japan Yamagishi Toshio\u003cbr\u003e 14. Building global civil society from the outside in? Japan's development NGOs, the state, and international norms Kim Reimann\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: targeting by an activist state: Japan as a civil society model Susan Pharr.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Regional studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20studies%20%5BGTB%5D%22\"\u003eGTB\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":46265183994136,"sku":"9780521827300","price":64.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521827300i.jpg?v=1692020281","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-state-of-civil-society-in-japan-hardback-9780521827300","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}