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.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
December 2010 |
| First published: |
February 2011 |
| Authors: |
Rieko Kage
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-19257-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-19257-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780521192576 |
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