{"product_id":"japans-dual-civil-society-9780804754293","title":"Japans Dual Civil Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJapan differs from other industrialized democracies in having many small, local groups but few large, professionally managed national organizations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's civil society and a new theory, based on political institutions, to explain why it has developed as it has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pekkanen begins to complement the type of structural analyses favored by political scientists and sociologists with findings on micro-level social relations coming from cultural anthropologists and social psychologists.\" -- W. Lawrence Neuman * University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, \u003ci\u003eSocial Science Japan Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Pekkanen's work is a must-read for all interested in questions of civil society, democracy, and social capital in Japan. It will also be enlightening for those who are not specialists on Japan but are eager to understand how political opportunity structures and institutions can shape the possibilities open to civil society groups. This is a well-researched and thoughtfully argued study with a wealth of data, historical examples, and comparative analysis.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Japanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eJapan's Dual Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e is immensely readable and covers much ground. It also alleviates the void that exists in the study of civil associations in Japan. Pekkanen's book is highly recommended to the scholars and students of Japanese studies.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJapanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is a significant contribution to the literature on civil society and productively directs attention to the role of the state.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of figures  List of Tables  Acknowledgments  1. Introduction\t\t\t\t\t\t   2. Japan's Civil Society in Comparative Perspective\t   3. The Regulatory Framework\t\t\t\t   4. Neighborhood Associations and Local Civil Society\t\t\t\t   5. The Politics of Regulating Civil Society\t\t\t\t\t   6. Conclusion: Members without Advocates  Appendix\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405565960535,"sku":"9780804754293","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804754293.jpg?v=1730492855","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japans-dual-civil-society-9780804754293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}