Popular democracy in Japan [[electronic resource] ] : how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / / Sherry L. Martin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456716003321
• Autore: Martin Sherry L. <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-8014-6130-8; 0-8014-6082-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.952
• Soggetti: Democracy - Japan; Political participation - Japan; Political culture - Japan; Women - Political activity - Japan; Community power - Japan; Electronic books.; Japan Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : why don't they stay home? -- The political distance between citizens and elites -- New styles of political leadership and community mobilization -- National attitudes and local action : changing the center from the periphery -- Politically excluded "commoners" : a gendered pathway to participation -- Gender and "communities of practice" : escaping the regulatory boundaries of formal education -- Conclusion : engendering knowledge and political action.
• Sommario/riassunto: Popular 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.

Post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings / / edited on behalf of IFLA by Karen Latimer and Dorothea Sommer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461436903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Saur, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-037541-9; 3-11-039635-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Collana: IFLA Publications, , 0344-6891 ; ; Volume 169
• Disciplina: 022.3
• Soggetti: Libraries - Space utilization; Library buildings - Design and construction; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- About IFLA -- Introduction -- 1 Welcoming, flexible, and state of the art -- 2 Working with focus groups as a part of a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) at the German National Library of Science 2 and Technology / University Library Hannover (TIB/UB) -- 3 How to improve existing library buildings after ; evaluation -- 4 Post-occupancy evaluation of ten public libraries in Barcelona Province -- 5 A Review of post-occupancy evaluation of libraries in Taiwan from the perspective of the architecture profession -- 6 Post-occupancy evaluation: Fayetteville Public Library -- 7 The Law Library of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany revisited -- 8 The “Berlin Brain” -- 9 The McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast -- 10 A Case study on a post-occupancy evaluation of the new Helsinki University Main Library -- Questionnaire about library buildings: characteristics – operation – evaluation -- Questionnaire sur les bâtiments de bibliothèques: caractéristiques – fonctionnement – évaluation -- Fragenkatalog zu Bibliotheksgebäuden: Kennzeichen – Betrieb – Evaluation -- Cuestionario sobre edificios de biblioteca: caracteristicas – uso – evaluación -- Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries. Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is the final step in this process. It provides a opportunity to assess whether the construction and design of the building has indeed met the library's and users' requirements and how effectively the building functions.