[PDF] Citizen Participation In A Post Industrial Society The Case Of Power Plant Siting In Japan eBook

Author : Daniel P. Aldrich
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801457012

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One of the most vexing problems for governments is building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. Policymakers must decide not only where to locate often unwanted projects but also what methods to use when interacting with opposition groups. In Site Fights, Daniel P. Aldrich gathers quantitative evidence from close to five hundred municipalities across Japan to show that planners deliberately seek out acquiescent and unorganized communities for such facilities in order to minimize conflict. When protests arise over nuclear power plants, dams, and airports, agencies regularly rely on the coercive powers of the modern state, such as land expropriation and police repression. Only under pressure from civil society do policymakers move toward financial incentives and public relations campaigns. Through fieldwork and interviews with bureaucrats and activists, Aldrich illustrates these dynamics with case studies from Japan, France, and the United States. The incidents highlighted in Site Fights stress the importance of developing engaged civil society even in the absence of crisis, thereby making communities both less attractive to planners of controversial projects and more effective at resisting future threats.

Author : Laurianne Chun
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
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This is a fully annotated bibliography of more than 2000 Asia-related masters' theses and doctoral dissertations published at the University of Hawaii from 1925 to 1994. It should be a useful tool for identifying research material on Asia and on Asians overseas at the University.

Author : RIETI
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811519895

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This open access book provides an in-depth examination of Japan's policy responses to the economic challenges of the 1980s and '90s. While MITI's earlier role in promoting rapid growth has been addressed in other studies, this volume, based on official records and exhaustive interviews, is the first to examine the aftermath of rapid growth and the evolution of MITI's interpretation of the economy's changing needs. Covering such topics as the oil shocks, trade conflict with the United States, and the rise and collapse of the so-called bubble economy, it presents a detailed analysis and evaluation of how these challenges were interpreted by government officials, the kinds of policies that were enacted, the extent to which policy aims were realized, and lessons for the longer term. This book is recommended especially to officials of countries concerned about the challenges that follow on high economic growth and to readers interested in Japan’s contemporary economic history.

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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 27,30 MB
Release : 1970-06
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