Screen LibraryAnti-nuclear protest in post-Fukushima Tokyo : power struggles /
"This book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Analysing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen activism in Tokyo, it also situates the movement within the framework of a global struggle for democracy, f...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series
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| Summary: |
"This book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Analysing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen activism in Tokyo, it also situates the movement within the framework of a global struggle for democracy, from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. By examining the anti-nuclear movement at both urban and transnational scales, the book also reveals the complex geography of today's globally connected social movements. It emphasises the contestation of urban space by anti-nuclear activists in Tokyo and the |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 219 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-203) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138563346 113856334X |
| Index Number: | HD9698 |
| CLC: | D731.35 |
| Call Number: | D731.35/B877 |