Book written by 2003 Abe Fellow Koichi Hasegawa based on his project “Green Energy Politics and Civil Society: Sociological Analysis of Strategies and Effects of Environmental NGOs on Macro, Meso and Micro Level in Japan, the U.S. and the Netherlands.”

Based on four epoch-making case studies, this book offers an overview of contemporary Japan s changing attitudes and policies regarding environmental issues. Beginning in the 1970s, the author traces the way the rapid growth of environmental politics and actions contributed to the development of a vibrant civil society. It is argued that recent environmental movements in Japan have created a new, more active public sphere, one that provides a guideline for a sustainable society. This book represents an important contribution to the growing field of environmental sociology. 

Publication Details

Title
Constructing Civil Society in Japan: Voices of Environmental Movements
Authors
Hasegawa, Koichi
Publisher
Trans Pacific Press
Publish Date
September 2004
ISBN
9781876843731
Citation
Hasegawa, Koichi, Constructing Civil Society in Japan: Voices of Environmental Movements (Trans Pacific Press, September 2004).
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