"Japan" . . "Japan." . "Political participation Japan History 20th century." . . "Civil society Japan History 20th century." . . "Japanese recent period (1945-)." . . "Société civile Japon." . . "Geschichte." . . "Social Science." . . "civil society." . . "Civil society." . "Postwar reconstruction Citizen participation Japan." . . "Participation politique Japon Histoire 20e siècle." . . "Citizen participation." . . "Political participation History 20th century Japan." . . "Political Science." . . "Geschichte 1945-1955." . . "history." . . "History." . "nias." . . "Politics and government." . . "Showa (1945-1989)." . . "Zivilgesellschaft." . . "Bürgerbeteiligung." . . "Postwar reconstruction Japan Citizen participation." . . . . "1945-1989." . . "Weltkrieg (1939-1945)" . . "Mobilmachung." . . "popular participation." . . "20th century." . . "Japan." . . "Participation politique Japon." . . "Japon" . . "Société civile Japon Histoire 20e siècle." . . . . . . . . "Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan the Revival of a Defeated Society"@en . . . . "This book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work.--Résumé de l'éditeur." . . . . . "Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society"@en . "Civic engagement in postwar Japan : the revival of a defeated society" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . "Civic engagement in postwar Japan the revival of a defeated society" . "Civic engagement in postwar Japan the revival of a defeated society"@en . . . . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History" . . . . "History"@en . . "Elektronisches Buch" . . . . . "\"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Why? Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan answers this question with a new general theory of the growth in civic engagement in postwar democracies. It argues that wartime mobilization unintentionally instills civic skills in the citizenry, thus laying the groundwork for a postwar civic engagement boom. Meanwhile, legacies of prewar associational activities shape the costs of association-building and information-gathering, thus affecting the actual extent of the postwar boom. Combining original data collection, rigorous statistical methods, and in-depth historical case analyses, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work\"--" . "\"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Why? Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan answers this question with a new general theory of the growth in civic engagement in postwar democracies. It argues that wartime mobilization unintentionally instills civic skills in the citizenry, thus laying the groundwork for a postwar civic engagement boom. Meanwhile, legacies of prewar associational activities shape the costs of association-building and information-gathering, thus affecting the actual extent of the postwar boom. Combining original data collection, rigorous statistical methods, and in-depth historical case analyses, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work\"--"@en . . . "\"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Why? Civic Engagement in Postwar Japan answers this question with a new general theory of the growth in civic engagement in postwar democracies. It argues that wartime mobilization unintentionally instills civic skills in the citizenry, thus laying the groundwork for a postwar civic engagement boom. Meanwhile, legacies of prewar associational activities shape the costs of association building and information gathering, thus affecting the actual extent of the postwar boom. Combining original data collection, rigorous statistical methods, and in-depth historical case analyses, this book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work. \"--Book jacket."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "This book illuminates one of the keys to making postwar democracies work."@en . "Postwar reconstruction." . . "Wiederaufbau." . . "Reconstruction d'après-guerre Japon Participation des citoyens." . . "Nachkriegszeit." . . "Civil society History 20th century Japan." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Essays." . . "political participation." . . "Political participation." . "Reconstruction d'après-guerre Japon." . .