Making Japanese Citizens: Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan

by SimonAndrewAvenell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $33.87

  Presents an history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout Japan's postwar period. The author traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on political participation, self-reliance, popular nationalism, and commitment to daily life.