04388nam 2200997Ia 450 991078671380332120230725035451.00-520-94767-397866127325601-282-73256-010.1525/9780520947672(CKB)2670000000355313(EBL)570670(OCoLC)663967403(SSID)ssj0000422480(PQKBManifestationID)11270389(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422480(PQKBWorkID)10432151(PQKB)11441257(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055997(MiAaPQ)EBC570670(MdBmJHUP)muse30860(DE-B1597)519709(DE-B1597)9780520947672(Au-PeEL)EBL570670(CaPaEBR)ebr10409324(CaONFJC)MIL273256(EXLCZ)99267000000035531320100311d2010 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrMaking Japanese citizens[electronic resource] civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan /Simon Andrew AvenellBerkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (370 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26270-0 0-520-26271-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People --2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin --3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism --4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism --5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal --Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society --Notes --Bibliography --IndexMaking Japanese Citizens is an expansive history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout the broad sweep of Japan's postwar period. Weaving his analysis around the concept of shimin (citizen), Simon Avenell traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on political participation, self-reliance, popular nationalism, and commitment to daily life. He traces civic activism through six phases: the cultural associations of the 1940's and 1950's, the massive U.S.-Japan Security Treaty protests of 1960, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the antipollution and antidevelopment protests of the 1960's and 1970's, movements for local government reform and the rise of new civic groups from the mid-1970's. This rich portrayal of activists and their ideas illuminates questions of democracy, citizenship, and political participation both in contemporary Japan and in other industrialized nations more generally.CitizenshipJapanCivil societyJapanPolitical activistsJapanJapanPolitics and government1945-asia scholars.asian studies.civic activism.civic groups.civic thought.contemporary japan.democracy.government reform.historians.industrialized nations.japan.japanese citizens.japanese history.japanese society.local government.modern history.political participation.popular nationalism.postwar era.postwar japan.protests.retrospective.self reliance.shimin mythology.social activists.social cultural history.social movements.CitizenshipCivil societyPolitical activists323.6/0952Avenell Simon Andrew1025247MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786713803321Making Japanese citizens3728611UNINA