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Minamata - Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R703
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Minamata - Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan (Paperback, New edition): Timothy S. George

Minamata - Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan (Paperback, New edition)

Timothy S. George

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs

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Nearly forty years after the outbreak of the "Minamata Disease," it remains one of the most horrific examples of environmental poisoning. Based on primary documents and interviews, this book describes three rounds of responses to this incidence of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters, particularly the activities of grassroots movements and popular campaigns, to secure redress. George argues that Japan's postwar democracy is ad hoc, fragile, and dependent on definition through citizen action and that the redress effort is exemplary of the great changes in the second and third postwar decades that redefined democracy in Japan.

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Imprint: Harvard University Asia Center
Country of origin: United States
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
Release date: March 2002
First published: March 2002
Authors: Timothy S. George
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00785-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > Medical toxicology
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LSN: 0-674-00785-9
Barcode: 9780674007857

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