Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. This volume examines the growth and nature of civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2007-07-03
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Edition: 1
Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..