Popular democracy in Japan
Subtitle: how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics
By: Sherry L. Martin
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780801449178
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Democracy; Women; Political participation; Political activity; Community power
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why don't they stay home?; title: The political distance between citizens and elites; title: New styles of political leadership and community mobilization; title: National attitudes and local action : changing the center from the periphery; title: Politically excluded "commoners" : a gendered pathway to participation; title: Gender and "communities of practice" : escaping the regulatory boundaries of formal education; title: Conclusion : engendering knowledge and political action.