Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan

1. Introduction
Henk Vinken, Yuko Nishimura, Bruce White

2. Civil Society in Japan: Democracy, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy
Makoto Imada

3. Social Frameworks for Civil Society in Japan: In Search for a Japanese Model
Chimaki Kurokawa

4. The Rising Voice of Japan’s Community Unions
Charles Weathers

5. Collaborative Environmentalism in Japan
Koichi Hasegawa

6. A New Epoch of Immigration for Japan: Directional Shift in Civic Organizational Support for Newcomer Settlement
Tetsuo Mizukami

7. Civic Engagement and Community Development Among Japan’s Burakumin
Yuko Nishimura

8. “I’m Deaf. This is Sign. Get Used to It.” Sign Language in Japan: The Vision and the Struggle
John C. Maher

9. Media and Civic Engagement in Japan
Gabriele Hadl

10. The Soft Advocacy of Music Fandom: Japanese Youth and the Building of Civic Infrastructures of the Mind
Bruce White

11. Re-imagining the Relationship Between Japan and Korea: Popular Culture and Civic Engagement
Reiko Ogawa

12. Fun with Consumers: Enjoying Anticonsumerism in Japan
Henk Vinken

13. Conclusions: From Politicization to Culturalization of Civic Engagement
Henk Vinken, Isabelle Diepstraten

14. Epilogue: Toward a New Legal Form for Civic Engagement
Masayuki Deguchi

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Policy, Regional and Cultural Studies, International Economics