{"product_id":"another-japan-is-possible-9780804757829","title":"Another Japan Is Possible","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines the genesis of internationally linked Japanese nongovernmental advocacy networks; their critiques of neoliberalism, militarism, and nationalism; their local, regional, and global connections; their relationships with the Japanese government; and their role in constructing an identity of the Japanese as global citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chan's study is a rare and comprehensive compilation of Japanese voices articulating their demand for an alternative model of citizenship...Chan's book can be highly recommended to all interested in 'the other Japan.'\" -- \u003ci\u003eInternationales Asienforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is rich in primary material on the human side of NGO activity in Japan, along a wide spectrum of organizations. In that alone it is a valuable text. This is a nuanced view of advocacy, strategies and institutions, sometimes against the grain of existing views, and it adds the perspectives of \"new global citizens\" of Japan, engaged in knowledge production. The book will be very useful indeed in social and political science courses, and in courses on globalization, social change and identity.\" —Merry White, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University\u003cbr\u003e\"A surprise for observers who view Japan as a developmental state, run by a powerful central bureaucracy and aligned with a conservative party whose policies often override public interest, \u003ci\u003eAnother Japan is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e casts new light on a neglected but vital aspect of Japan's emerging political economy. A remarkable group of scholars, professionals and citizen activists reveal the growing numbers of committed Japanese participating energetically in local and global organizations devoted to a broad range of issues, from the environment and sustainable development to health care, migrant workers, disability, gender, and minority rights.\" —Daniel I. Okimoto, Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director Emeritus, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\"As a civil society scholar, I can say that this book is a desired piece of work...This book makes an important contribution to connecting Japanese accounts to both Japanese and global discourses on civil society.\" -- Akihiro Ogawa * Stockholm University *\u003cbr\u003e\"To conclude, the use of the book is twofold. Firstly, it can serve as an eye-opener to readers who are stuck in the image of Japan as a country where discontent seldom takes the form of overt protest or citizen engagement. Secondly, it presents a lot of raw material and information which... can be useful to readers interested in Japanese civil society or the groups presented in the book. \" -- \u003ci\u003eJapanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The days are gone forever when the prevailing cliche in Japan suggested that there were only two types of social entities: governmental institutions and non-governmental individuals (the so-called middle mass). However, of late the former has been fragmenting themselves while the latter has been flourishing and fraternalizing themselves with transnational and international counterparts. Jennifer Chan has vividly illustrated this incredible turnaround with good contextualizing narratives and rich and informative constructions of the thinking and sentiments those non-governmental organizations generate in a vast array of areas. A must read in the study of globalization and localization.\" -- Inoguchi Takashi, Professor Emeritus * University of Tokyo, and Professor of Political Science, Chuo University, Tokyo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Tables and Figures\tiii  Acknowledgments\tiii  Note on Conventions\tiii  @toc2:Introduction: Global Governance and Japanese   Nongovernmental Advocacy Networks\t1  @toc1:Part I\tGlobal Governance  @toc2:Introduction to Part I\t000  @toc2:1. Global Governance Monitoring and Japan  @tocca:Kawakami Toyoyuki, Advocacy and Monitoring Network   on Sustainable Development\t000  @toc2:2. Education, Empowerment, and Alternatives to   Neoliberalism  @tocca:Sakuma Tomoko, Japan Center for a Sustainable   Environment and Society\t000  @toc2:3. Building a People-Based Peace and Democracy   Movement in Asia  @tocca:Ogura Toshimaru, Peoples' Plan Study Group\t000  @toc2:4. Tobin Tax, Kyoto Social Forum, and Pluralism  @tocca:Komori Masataka, Association for the Tobin Tax for   the Aid of Citizens, Kyoto\t000  @toc2:5. Education for Civil Society Capacity Building  @tocca:Fukawa Yoko, Pacific Asia Resource Center\t000  @toc2:6. Community Development, Peace, and Global   Citizenship  @tocca:Takahashi Kiyotaka, Japan International Volunteer   Center\t000  @toc1:Part II\tLabor  @toc2:Introduction to Part II\t000  @toc2:7. Globalization and Labor Restructuring  @tocca:Kumagai Ken'ichi, Japanese Trade Union Confederation  \t000  @toc2:8. Corporate Restructuring and Homelessness  @tocca:Kasai Kazuaki, Shinjuku Homeless Support Center\t000  @toc2:9. Gender, Part-Time Labor, and Indirect   Discrimination  @tocca:Sakai Kazuko, Equality Action 21\t000  @toc2:10. Migration, Trafficking, and Free Trade Agreements  @tocca:Ishihara Virgie, Filipino Migrants Center, Nagoya  \t000  @toc2:11. Neoliberalism and Labor Organizing  @tocca:Yasuda Yukihiro, Labor Net\t000  @toc2:12. Water, Global Commons, and Peace  @tocca:Mizukoshi Takashi, All-Japan Water Supply Workers'   Union\t000  @toc1:Part III\tFood Sovereignty\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part III\t000  @toc2:13. Agricultural Liberalization, World Trade   Organization, and Peace  @tocca:Ohno Kazuoki, No WTO--Voices of the Grassroots in   Japan\t000  @toc2:14. Multifunctionality of Agriculture over Free Trade  @tocca:Yamaura Yasuaki, Food Action 21\t000  @toc2:15. Citizens' Movement Against Genetically Modified   Foods  @tocca:Amagasa Keisuke, No! GMO Campaign\t000  @toc2:16. Self-Sufficiency, Safety, and Food Liberalization  @tocca:Imamura Kazuhiko, Watch Out for WTO! Japan\t000  @toc1:Part IV\tPeace\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part IV\t000  @toc2:17. \"We Want Blue Sky in Peaceful Okinawa\"  @tocca:Hirayama Motoh, Grassroots Movement to Remove U.S.   Bases from Okinawa and the World\t000  @toc2:18. World Peace Now  @tocca:Hanawa Machiko, Tsukushi Takehiko, and Cazman, World   Peace Now\t000  @toc2:19. Article 9 and the Peace Movement  @tocca:Takada Ken, No to Constitutional Revision! Citizens'   Network\t000  @toc2:20. Fundamental Law of Education, Peace, and the   Marketization of Education  @tocca:Nishihara Nobuaki, Japan Teachers' Union\t000  @toc2:21. Japan and International War Crimes  @tocca:Higashizawa Yasushi, Japan Civil Liberties Union  \t000  @toc2:22. Landmine Ban and Peace Education  @tocca:Kitagawa Yasuhiro, Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines  \t000  @toc2:23. Nuclear Disarmament, Advocacy, and Peace   Education  @tocca:Nakamura Keiko, Peace Depot\t000  @toc2:24. Building a Citizens' Peace Movement in Japan and   Asia  @tocca:Otsuka Teruyo, Asia Pacific Peace Forum\t000  @toc1:Part V\tHIV\/AIDS\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part V\t000  @toc2:25. HIV\/AIDS from a Human Rights Perspective  @tocca:Tarui Masayoshi, Japan AIDS and Society Association  \t000  @toc2:26. HIV\/AIDS, Gender, and Backlash  @tocca:Hy'd' Chika, Place Tokyo\t000  @toc2:27. Migrant Workers and HIV\/AIDS in Japan  @tocca:Inaba Masaki, Africa Japan Forum\t000  @toc1:Part VI\tGender\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part VI\t000  @toc2:28. International Lobbying and Japanese Women's   Networks  @tocca:Watanabe Miho, Japan NGO Network on CEDAW\t000  @toc2:29. Gender, Human Rights, and Trafficking in Persons  @tocca:Hara Yuriko, Japan Network Against Trafficking in   Persons\t000  @toc2:30. Gender, Reproductive Rights, and Technology  @tocca:Ohashi Yukako, Soshiren (Starting from a Female   Body)\t000  @toc2:31. As a Lesbian Feminist in Japan  @tocca:Wakabayashi Naeko, Regumi Studio Tokyo\t000  @toc2:32. Sex Workers' Movement in Japan  @tocca:Kaname Yukiko, Sex Workers and Sexual Health\t000  @toc2:33. Women's Active Museum on War and Peace  @tocca:Watanabe Mina, Women's Active Museum on War and   Peace\t000  @toc2:34. Art, Feminism, and Activism  @tocca:Shimada Yoshiko, Feminist Art Action Brigade\t000  @toc1:Part VII\tMinority and Human Rights\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part VII\t000  @toc2:35. A Proposal for a Law on the Elimination of Racial   Discrimination  @tocca:Fujimoto Mie, Japan Civil Liberties Union,   Subcommittee for the Rights of Foreigners\t000  @toc2:36. Antidiscrimination, Grassroots Empowerment, and   Horizontal Networking  @tocca:Morihara Hideki, International Movement Against All   Forms of Discrimination and Racism\t000  @toc2:37. Multiple Identities and Buraku Liberation  @tocca:Mori Maya, Buraku Liberation League\t000  @toc2:38. Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Multicultural   Coexistence  @tocca:Uemura Hideaki, Shimin Gaik' Centre\t000  @toc2:39. On the Recognition of the Indigenous Peoples'   Rights of the Ainu  @tocca:Sakai Mina, Association of Rera\t000  @toc2:40. \"I Would Like to Be Able to Speak Uchin'guchi   When I Grow Up!\"  @tocca:Taira Satoko, Association of Indigenous Peoples in   the Ry'ky's\t000  @toc2:41. Art Activism and Korean Minority Rights  @tocca:Hwangbo Kangja, Mirine\t000  @toc2:42. Ethnic Diversity, Foreigners' Rights, and   Discrimination in Family Registration  @tocca:Tony L szlo, Issho Kikaku\t000  @toc2:43. Disability and Gender  @tocca:Hirukawa Ry'ko, Japan National Assembly of Disabled   Peoples' International\t000  @toc2:44. The UN Convention on Refugee and Asylum   Protection in Japan  @tocca:Ishikawa Eri, Japan Association for Refugees\t000  @toc2:45. Torture, Penal Reform, and Prisoners' Rights  @tocca:Akiyama Emi, Center for Prisoners' Rights Japan\t000  @toc2:46. Death Penalty and Human Rights  @tocca:Takada Akiko, Forum 90\t000  @toc1:Part VIII\tYouth Groups\t000  @toc2:Introduction to Part VIII\t000  @toc2:47. Experience, Action, and the Floating Peace   Village  @tocca:Yoshioka Tatsuya, Peace Boat\t000  @toc2:48. Ecology, Youth Action, and International Advocacy  @tocca:Mitsumoto Yuko, A SEED Japan\t000  @toc2:49. Organic Food, Education, and Peace  @tocca:Shikita Kiyoshi, BeGood Cafe\t000  @toc2:50. \"Another Work Is Possible\": Slow Life, Ecology,   and Peace  @tocca:Takahashi Kenkichi, Body and Soul\t000  @toc2:Conclusion: Social Movements and Global Citizenship   Education\t000  @toc4:Appendixes\t000  List of Organizations\t000  References\t000  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405571793239,"sku":"9780804757829","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804757829.jpg?v=1730492877","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/another-japan-is-possible-9780804757829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}