Fukushima And Civil Society: The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement From A Socio-Political Perspective

This book analyzes the impact of the Fukushima disaster on civil society  in Japan with particular attention to the anti-nuclear movement,  focusing on its development, repertoire of action, mobilization  strategies, modes of operation, and impact on the state’s energy policy.  Combining social movement theory and civil society theory, the author  draws on extensive fieldwork in Japan to explore the context of the  sociopolitical situation in Japan up to the Fukushima accident and to  offer a typological description and analysis of the anti-nuclear  movement that emerged after the disaster. Through an analysis of the  relationship between the power elitez and the anti-nuclear movement  organizations, this volume considers the influences exercised by the  ruling elites on civil society and vice versa, thus assessing the  effects of the anti-nuclear movement on the state policy and the  society. A comprehensive account of the anti-nuclear movement in  post-Fukushima Japan, embedded within a broader perspective of the  movement’s historical development, contemporary political structures,  and opportunities, Fukushima and Civil Society will appeal to scholars  of sociology and politics with an interest in social movements.