Introduction
1. "Towards a New Protest Cycle in Contemporary Japan? Resurgence of Social Movements and Confrontational Political Activism in Historical Perspective" (David Chiavacci and Julia Obinger)
Part I: Fresh Perspectives on Social Movements and Political Activism
2. "The Uneven Path of Social Movements in Japan" (Patricia Steinhoff)
3. "Asia and the Development of Civic Activism in Post-war Japan" (Simon Avenell)
4. "Political Protest from the Periphery: Social Movements and Global Citizenship in Okinawa" (Gabriele Vogt)
5. "Activism for Harmony? Immigrant Rights’ Activism and Xenophobic Activism" (Apichai Shipper)
Part II: Fukushima and Beyond – Towards New Political Culture and Action Repertoires?
6. "Continuities and Discontinuities of Japan’s Political Activism before and after the Fukushima Disaster" (Koichi Hasegawa)
7. "The Post-Fukushima Anti-Nuke Protests and their Impact on Japanese Environmentalism" (Carl Cassegård)
8. "Civil Society Advocacy after Fukushima: The Case of the Nuclear Disaster Victims’ Support Law" (Ayaka Löschke)
9. Mass Media Representations of Youth Social Movements in Japan (Robin O’Day, David Slater and Satsuki Uno)
Index
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