{"product_id":"everyday-lifeenvironmentalism-9781032027517","title":"Everyday LifeEnvironmentalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides one of the first systematic introductions to the Japanese concept of life-environmentalism, \u003ci\u003eSeikatsu-Kankyo Shugi\u003c\/i\u003e.  This concept emerged in the 1980s as a shared research framework among Japanese social scientists studying the adverse consequences of postwar industrialization on everyday life in communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife-environmentalism offers a lens through which the agency of small communities in sustaining their everyday life and living environment can be understood. The book provides an overview of this approach, including intellectual backgrounds and foundational concepts, along with a variety of empirical case studies that examine environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and other parts of Asia. It also includes critical reflections on the approach in light of contemporary sustainability challenges. The empirical topics covered in the book include local community responses to development projects, resource governance, disaster response and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaisaku Yamamoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Theorizing Everyday Life: The Life-Environmentalist Way\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaisaku Yamamoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Developmental Impulse and Everyday-Life Organizations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Local Rules: Sustaining Local Everyday Life with Aqua-Tourism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTakehito Noda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Coexistence without Consensus: The Role of a Life Organization in Mediating between Fishermen and Surfers in a Coastal Community\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShusuke Murata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. When Civil Society Falls Short: Rural Community Response to a Resort Development Project\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaisaku Yamamoto and Yumiko Yamamoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Governing Everyday-Life Spaces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. From Dichotomous Interpretations to Spectrum Thinking: Formation of a Community Organization in a Nuclear Host Locality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtsushi Yamamuro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. “Public” (gong) as Village Norm: Urbanization and Community Response in China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeifang Yan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Multilayered Commons Space: Dry Riverbed Use in a Local Community in Ibaraki, Japan\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTakaaki Isogawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Living with Disasters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Why Do Victims of Tsunami Return to the Coast?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKyoko Ueda and Hiroyuki Torigoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The Roots of Resilience: Forest Commons and the Cultivation and Disappearance of Livelihood Security in a Nuclear Disaster-Afflicted Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiroyuki Kaneko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Apparitions and the Recovery of Livelihoods after the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiyoshi Kanebishi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Historic Environment and Urban Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Living Traditional Culture: Gujo Dance in Hachiman Town, Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShigekazu Adachi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Embracing the Enemy’s Legacy: Historical Environmental Preservation in Daegu, South Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRie Matsui\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Boxing Camp as a Community School: Local Boxers in Metro Manila, Philippines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomonori Ishioka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V: Critical Reflections and Prospects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Empirically Speaking: Life-Environmentalism, Environmental Justice and Feminist Political Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaisaku Yamamoto, Sophia Ferrero, and Keegan Kessler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Life-Environmentalism, Critiques, and Prospects: Focusing on the Experientialist Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYasushi Arakawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. The Future of Life-Environmentalism: A Sympathetic Critique\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasaharu Matsumura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VI: Translated Excerpts from \u003ci\u003eSociological Theory of Environmental Problems \u003c\/i\u003e(1989)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Original Introduction of Life-Environmentalism (1989)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiroyuki Torigoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018802561367,"sku":"9781032027517","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032027517.jpg?v=1750778200","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/everyday-lifeenvironmentalism-9781032027517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}