03287nam 2200697Ia 450 991096892110332120200520144314.0978079149403507914940399781441607782144160778110.1515/9780791494035(CKB)1000000000755883(OCoLC)365410052(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587121(SSID)ssj0000152950(PQKBManifestationID)11165178(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152950(PQKBWorkID)10392907(PQKB)10397150(Au-PeEL)EBL3407923(CaPaEBR)ebr10587121(DE-B1597)684068(DE-B1597)9780791494035(MiAaPQ)EBC3407923(Perlego)2672613(EXLCZ)99100000000075588320080618d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe failure of civil society? the third sector and the state in contemporary Japan /Akihiro Ogawa1st ed.Albany SUNY Pressc20091 online resource (288 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791493960 0791493962 9780791493953 0791493954 Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Kawazoe -- NPO: A New Third Sector -- Invited by the State -- Power and Contested Rationalities -- Shimin in Japanese Society -- Epilogue: Initiating Change -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- References -- Japanese Glossary -- IndexWinner of the 2010 Japan NPO Research Association Book AwardThe global discourse on civil society is both complicated and enriched in this participant study of Japan's volunteers, known as the third sector. In the wake of the Japanese government's failed response to the 1995 earthquake, volunteers took the lead in providing aid to victims. This recent sea change in Japanese society was quickly followed by the 1998 NPO Law (nonprofit organization law) that encourages third sector activities. Drawing on his fieldwork at one of the new NPOs, Akihiro Ogawa explores in detail the social and historical particularities of Japanese "civil society" or shimin shakai, revisiting how the concept is interpreted and practiced by the volunteers themselves. Civil society, Ogawa argues, can best be understood as an active, dynamic process rather than as a static, abstract model.Nonprofit organizationsJapanNonprofit organizationsGovernment policyJapanCivil societyJapanNon-governmental organizationsJapanNonprofit organizationsNonprofit organizationsGovernment policyCivil societyNon-governmental organizations338.7/4Ogawa Akihiro1968-1617302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968921103321The failure of civil society4359545UNINA