LEADER 04608nam 2200769 450 001 9910466099803321 005 20210430213903.0 010 $a1-5017-0336-6 010 $a1-5017-0337-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501703379 035 $a(CKB)3710000000631311 035 $a(EBL)4517883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001639468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16399152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001639468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14455515 035 $a(PQKB)10925213 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4517883 035 $a(OCoLC)945976880 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51385 035 $a(DE-B1597)480071 035 $a(OCoLC)957638029 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501703379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4517883 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11248546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL951809 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000631311 100 $a20160903h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAccidental activists $evictim movements and government accountability in Japan and South Korea /$fCeleste L. Arrington 210 1$aIthaca, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-5376-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tA Note on Conventions --$tIntroduction: Victimhood and Governmental Accountability --$t1. Explaining Redress Outcomes --$t2. Constructing Victimhood and Villainy in Japan and Korea --$t3. Hansen's Disease Survivors' Rights --$t4. The Politics of Hepatitis C-Tainted Blood Products --$t5. The North Korean Abductions and Abductee Families' Activism --$tConclusion: The Politics of Redress --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aGovernment wrongdoing or negligence harms people worldwide, but not all victims are equally effective at obtaining redress. In Accidental Activists, Celeste L. Arrington examines the interactive dynamics of the politics of redress to understand why not. Relatively powerless groups like redress claimants depend on support from political elites, active groups in society, the media, experts, lawyers, and the interested public to capture democratic policymakers' attention and sway their decisions. Focusing on when and how such third-party support matters, Arrington finds that elite allies may raise awareness about the victims' cause or sponsor special legislation, but their activities also tend to deter the mobilization of fellow claimants and public sympathy. By contrast, claimants who gain elite allies only after the difficult and potentially risky process of mobilizing societal support tend to achieve more redress, which can include official inquiries, apologies, compensation, and structural reforms. Arrington draws on her extensive fieldwork to illustrate these dynamics through comparisons of the parallel Japanese and South Korean movements of victims of harsh leprosy control policies, blood products tainted by hepatitis C, and North Korean abductions. Her book thereby highlights how citizens in Northeast Asia-a region grappling with how to address Japan's past wrongs-are leveraging similar processes to hold their own governments accountable for more recent harms. Accidental Activists also reveals the growing power of litigation to promote policy change and greater accountability from decision makers. 410 0$aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. 606 $aPolitical participation$zJapan 606 $aPolitical participation$zKorea (South) 606 $aGovernment liability$zJapan 606 $aGovernment liability$zKorea (South) 606 $aVictims$zJapan$xPolitical activity 606 $aVictims$zKorea (South)$xPolitical activity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aGovernment liability 615 0$aGovernment liability 615 0$aVictims$xPolitical activity. 615 0$aVictims$xPolitical activity. 676 $a322.430952 700 $aArrington$b Celeste L.$f1980-$01039803 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466099803321 996 $aAccidental activists$92462209 997 $aUNINA