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Popular Democracy in Japan examines a puzzle in Japanese politics: Why do Japanese women turn out to vote at rates higher than men? On the basis of in-depth fieldwork in various parts of the country, Sherry L. Martin argues that the exclusion of women from a full range of opportunities in public life provokes many of them to seek alternative outlets for self-expression. They have options that include a wide variety of study, hobby, and lifelong learning groups-a feature of Japanese civic life that the Ministry of Education encourages.Women who participate in these alternative spaces for learning tend, Martin finds, to examine the political conditions that have pushed them there. Her research suggests that study group participation increases women's confidence in using various types of political participation (including voting) to pressure political elites for a more inclusive form of democracy. Considerable overlap between the narratives that emerge from women's groups and a survey of national public opinion identifies these groups as crucial sites for crafting and circulating public discourses about politics. Martin shows how the interplay between public opinion and institutional change has given rise to bottom-up changes in electoral politics that culminated in the 2009 Democratic Party of Japan victory in the House of Representatives election.

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Histoire

History of Asia

Japan

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 mars 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780801460821
Langue	English

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Popular Democracy in Japan

How Gender and Community Are Changing Modern Electoral Politics

Sherry L. Martin

Cornell University Press Ithaca and London

This book has been published with the aid of a grant from the Hull Memorial Publication Fund of Cornell University.

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.

First published 2011 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Martin, Sherry L., 1971– Popular democracy in Japan : how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / Sherry L. Martin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780801449178 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Democracy—Japan. 2. Japan—Politics and government— 21st century. 3. Political participation—Japan. 4. Political culture— Japan. 5. Women—Political activity—Japan. 6. Community power—Japan. I. Title. JQ1681.M3 2011 320.952—dc22 2010044421

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Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Contents

Introduction: Why Don’t They Stay Home?

1. The Political Distance between Citizens and Elites

2. New Styles of Political Leadership and Community Mobilization

3. National Attitudes and Local Action: Changing the Center from the Periphery

4. Politically Excluded “Commoners”: A Gendered Pathway to Participation

5. Gender and “Communities of Practice”: Escaping the Regulatory Boundaries of Formal Education

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Conclusion: Engendering Knowledge and Political Action

References Index

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Tables and Figures

Tables i.1 Trends in gender and voter turnout in national elections, 1946–2009 i.2 Trends in gender and voter turnout in subnational elections, 1975–2007 i.3 Focus group sampling 5.1 Tapping into the “ofﬁcial” lifelong learning universe, 2005 5.2 Change in gender and rates of study group participation between 1986 and 2006

Figures i.1 Gender and nonpartisanship, 1976–2005

1.1 Sampling discontent

5.1 Gender gap in higher educational attainment, 1955–2005

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