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245 10 a| Civic engagement in postwar Japan :b| the revival of a defeated society /c| Rieko Kage.;

260 a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| xv, 195 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Civic engagement: the dependent variable -- War and civic engagement: a theoretical framework -- Quantitative analysis: the rise of civic engagement across forty-six Japanese prefectures -- The long-term effects of wartime mobilization: cross-national analysis -- Repression and revivial of the YMCA Japan -- Wartime endorsement and postwar repression of a traditional art -- Civil society and reconstruction in postwar Japan.;

520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society / Rieko Kage.

Author/creator	Kage, Rieko, 1973-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description	xv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Cover image
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subjects	Civil society--Japan. --History. --20th century. Postwar reconstruction--Japan. --Citizen participation. Political participation--Japan. --History. --20th century. Japan--Politics and government. --1945-1989.

Contents	Introduction -- Civic engagement: the dependent variable -- War and civic engagement: a theoretical framework -- Quantitative analysis: the rise of civic engagement across forty-six Japanese prefectures -- The long-term effects of wartime mobilization: cross-national analysis -- Repression and revivial of the YMCA Japan -- Wartime endorsement and postwar repression of a traditional art -- Civil society and reconstruction in postwar Japan.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index.
LCCN	2010030585
ISBN	9780521192576
ISBN	0521192579
Standard identifier#	40018873750

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