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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780801460821
035 _a(DE-B1597)478445
035 _a(OCoLC)865509057
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aJQ1681
_b.M3 2016
072 7 _aHIS021000
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082 0 4 _a320.952
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMartin, Sherry L.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aPopular Democracy in Japan :
_bHow Gender and Community Are Changing Modern Electoral Politics /
_cSherry L. Martin.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (208 p.) :
_b2 line drawings, 5 tables, 5 charts/graphs
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tTables and Figures --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAbbreviations --
_tIntroduction: Why Don't They Stay Home? --
_t1. The Political Distance between Citizens and Elites --
_t2. New Styles of Political Leadership and Community Mobilization --
_t3. National Attitudes and Local Action: Changing the Center from the Periphery --
_t4. Politically Excluded "Commoners": A Gendered Pathway to Participation --
_t5. Gender and "Communities of Practice": Escaping the Regulatory Boundaries of Formal Education --
_tConclusion: Engendering Knowledge and Political Action --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aPopular Democracy in Japan examines a puzzle in Japanese politics: Why do Japanese women turn out to vote at rates higher than men? On the basis of in-depth fieldwork in various parts of the country, Sherry L. Martin argues that the exclusion of women from a full range of opportunities in public life provokes many of them to seek alternative outlets for self-expression. They have options that include a wide variety of study, hobby, and lifelong learning groups-a feature of Japanese civic life that the Ministry of Education encourages.Women who participate in these alternative spaces for learning tend, Martin finds, to examine the political conditions that have pushed them there. Her research suggests that study group participation increases women's confidence in using various types of political participation (including voting) to pressure political elites for a more inclusive form of democracy. Considerable overlap between the narratives that emerge from women's groups and a survey of national public opinion identifies these groups as crucial sites for crafting and circulating public discourses about politics. Martin shows how the interplay between public opinion and institutional change has given rise to bottom-up changes in electoral politics that culminated in the 2009 Democratic Party of Japan victory in the House of Representatives election.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aCommunity power
_zJapan.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zJapan.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zJapan.
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zJapan.
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity
_zJapan.
650 4 _aAsian Studies.
650 4 _aGender Studies.
650 4 _aSociology & Social Science.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / Japan.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460821
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801460821
856 4 2 _3Cover
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801460821/original
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999 _c197412
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