Ogawa The Failure of Civil Society?

The Third Sector and the State in Contemporary Japan
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7914-9403-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ogawa, Akihiro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Table
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Key Questions
Anthropology of Civil Society
Fieldwork
Action Research
Overview of Chapters

2. Kawazoe

Landscape
Associational Life in Kawazoe
SLG’s Entry into the Associational Landscape
Social Capital Argument

3. NPO: A New Third Sector

SLG: An NPO Promoting Lifelong Learning
Activities Organized by Volunteers
Historical Background
“NPO-ization” Led by the Government
Response to the Government Proposal
On the Transition
Proper NPOs?

4. Invited by the State

You Can Volunteer with a Single Finger!
Discourses of “Borantia”
Volunteers Invited by the State
Volunteering as Potential for Individualization?
Reproduction of Volunteer Subjectivity through Education
The Colonization of the Volunteering World

5. Power and Contested Rationalities

Kyodo: Policy Collaboration
A New Political Technique
Talks toward Kyodo: A Japanese Case
Inside Discussion: Challenging the Defined Benefits
Distrust Accelerating between the Sides
Pushing Cost-Cutting Policy
Contested Rationalities: A Reality
Kyodo: A Failed Attempt

6. Shimin in Japanese Society

Shimin—A Genealogy an class
Shimin in the Early Postwar Era
Shimin under the NPO
Volunteer Subjectivity Revisited
NPO as an Agency in Neoliberalism
Shimin as Cultural Product in Neoliberalism

7. Epilogue: Initiating Change

Research for Social Change
Establishing the Field Site
Knowing My Field Sites
Initiating Collaborative Inquiry
Taking Action
My Positionality

Appendices
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3

Notes
Bibliography
Japanese Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Akihiro Ogawa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at Stockholm University.