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Reinventing Japan: From Merchant Nation to Civic Nation

By Yasuo Takao

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
140398414X, 9781403984142, 9780230609310
Open Library ID
OL11642933M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1643177 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
272\268
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The merchant nation of Japan's fall from grace in recent years has lead to a major realignment of state - society power relations with welcomed democratizing effects.  This book is about the emerging civic face of twenty-first century Japan.  It illustrates how new and emerging relationships between civil society groups and local government are becoming key elements of Japan's changing structures of governance. It closely examines such issue areas as e-democracy, decentralization, foreign workers, NGOs and the role of women, which have converged to open the way for reinventing Japan.  It demonstrates how the expansion of associational life in Japan is surely heading for a more autonomous civil society.

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