TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Sherry L. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Popular democracy in Japan: how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics AV - JQ1681 .M3 2011 U1 - 320.952 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Democracy KW - Japan KW - Political participation KW - Political culture KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Community power KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=3138176 ER -