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Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society

Kage, Rieko, 1973-

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\"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Why? Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan answers this question with a new general theory of the growth in civic engagement in postwar democracies. It argues that wartime mobilization unintentionally instills civic skills in the citizenry, thus laying the groundwork for a postwar civic engagement boom. Meanwhile, legacies of prewar associational activities shape the costs of association-building and information-gathering, thus affecting the actual extent of the postwar boom. Combining original data collection, rigorous statistical methods, and in-depth historical case analyses, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Civil society Japan History 20th century. / Postwar reconstruction Japan Citizen participation. / Political participation Japan History 20th century. / Japan Politics and government 1945-1989.
• ISBN: 9780521192576, 0521192579

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JQ1681.K33 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE