Civil Society and the Internet in Japan (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) - Softcover

Ducke, Isa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415666406 ISBN 13: 9780415666404

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, this book analyzes the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful it is for their work – does the availability of Internet tools change the way citizens’ groups work, does it influence their effectiveness, and does it do so differently in Japan from other countries?

Four fascinating studies take a closer look at the role of the Internet during the history textbook controversy; strategies of small citizen's groups; comparisons between internet use in Japan, Korea and Germany; and how the internet is used as a platform to discuss the dispatch of Japanese troops in Iraq.

Isa Ducke has produced an original work that will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese politics, media and information technology and civil society.

About this title

About the Author

Isa Ducke is a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo, Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415666406
• ISBN 13: 9780415666404
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210