LEADER 04117nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910456716003321 005 20211101165701.0 010 $a0-8014-6130-8 010 $a0-8014-6082-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460821 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040617 035 $a(OCoLC)728082248 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11343331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10586172 035 $a(PQKB)10004940 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001495757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138176 035 $a(OCoLC)865509057 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28852 035 $a(DE-B1597)478445 035 $a(OCoLC)979577273 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138176 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL768981 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040617 100 $a20101016d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopular democracy in Japan$b[electronic resource] $ehow gender and community are changing modern electoral politics /$fSherry L. Martin 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4917-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aPopular 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. 606 $aDemocracy$zJapan 606 $aPolitical participation$zJapan 606 $aPolitical culture$zJapan 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zJapan 606 $aCommunity power$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aCommunity power 676 $a320.952 700 $aMartin$b Sherry L.$f1971-$01052732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456716003321 996 $aPopular democracy in Japan$92484170 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$62.97$u12/03/2015$5Poli