1st Edition

Fukushima and Civil Society The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Socio-Political Perspective

By Beata Bochorodycz Copyright 2023
234 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes the impact of the Fukushima disaster on civil society in Japan with particular attention to the anti-nuclear movement, focusing on its development, repertoire of action, mobilization strategies, modes of operation, and impact on the state’s energy policy. Combining social movement theory and civil society theory, the author draws on extensive fieldwork in Japan to explore the... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework

Chapter 2. Political Opportunities

Chapter 3. Anti-Nuclear Movement Before Fukushima

Chapter 4. Post-Fukushima Anti-Nuclear Movement

Chapter 5. Direct Action

Chapter 6. Research and Education

Chapter 7. Policy Advocacy

Chapter 8. Aid

Chapter 9. Watchdogs

Chapter 10. Legal Organizations

Chapter 11. Other Organizations

Chapter 12. The State-Civil Society Relations

Conclusions

Index

List of figures

List of tables

List of photographs

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Biography

Beata Bochorodycz is Associate Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, and the co-author of Japan’s Foreign Policy Making: Central Government Reforms, Decision-Making Processes, and Diplomacy. Her research focuses on Japanese politics, social movements and civil society, diplomacy and foreign policy, and US–Japan relations and the Okinawa issue.