Popular democracy in Japan how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / [electronic resource] :
Sherry L. Martin.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
- xiv, 191 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Democracy--Japan. Political participation--Japan. Political culture--Japan. Women--Political activity--Japan. Community power--Japan.