Becoming A Farmer In Contemporary Japan

Author : Niccolò Lollini
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000993578

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Becoming a Farmer in Contemporary Japan by Niccolò Lollini Pdf

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an agricultural cooperative running a training programme for aspiring farmers, this book explores the possibilities of agrarian and land-based modes of livelihood in contemporary Japan. The book is organised around the four key hurdles faced by new agricultural entrants: the acquisition of land and housing, farming know-how, capital, and market outlets. New farmers look with fresh eyes at agricultural issues, and their experiences provide a vantage point over the institutions shaping rural and agricultural life. The book documents the mounting problem of land and house abandonment in regional Japan, the role of agriculture in the revitalisation of rural communities, and the transformation of Japan’s agrifood system. To avoid reinforcing Japan’s exceptionalism, agricultural policy, farming practices, and fresh food distribution are analysed from a comparative perspective, shedding new light on processes of agrarian change in developed market economies. Providing an in-depth insight into pro-rural migration in the face of Japan’s shrinking regions and its declining agricultural sector, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Japanese society, agrarian policy, and rural sociology.

Author : Ann Waswo,Nishida Yoshiaki
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700717484

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Farmers and Village Life in Twentieth-century Japan by Ann Waswo,Nishida Yoshiaki Pdf

Rural Japan during the twentieth century has been portrayed as a vast reservoir of conservatism in much of the literature on Japan's modern development, and Japanese agriculture since the 1960s has been treated as an artificial creation sustained only by protectionism of the worst sort. This book presents a range of original, in-depth work, including work by Japanese scholars, that seeks to move beyond such stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to the present.

Author : Thomas R.H. Havens
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400872169

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Farm and Nation in Modern Japan by Thomas R.H. Havens Pdf

A study of agrarian thought in prewar Japan, this bonk concentrates on the developing fissure between official and rural conceptions of nationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Professor Havens analyzes the response of Japanese farmers and their spokesmen to the pursuit of modernization during the Meiji and Taishō periods. Through a critical examination of writings and speeches of major farm ideologues, including Gondō Seikyō, Tachibana Kōzaburō, and Katō Kanji, the author examines the ways in which agrarianist theories shaped modern Japanese nationalism and the extent to which rural ideologies triggered political violence in the turbulent 1930s. He then focuses on the romantic rural communalism of the 1920s and 1930s as an example of antigovernment nationalism designed to rescue the Japanese people at large from bureaucracy, capitalism, and urbanization. Based on extensive research in modern Japanese ideological, political, and economic materials, the study offers new insight into the early twentieth century revolution in nationality sentiments and provides fresh grounds for doubting the state's monopoly on public loyalties during the years immediately preceding Pearl Harbor. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Jeff Kingston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351139625

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Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan by Jeff Kingston Pdf

This new and fully updated second edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdisciplinary textbook written by leading specialists on contemporary Japan. Students will gain the analytical insights and information necessary to assess the challenges that confront the Japanese people, policymakers and private and public-sector institutions in Japan today. Featuring a comprehensive analysis of key debates and issues confronting Japan, issues covered include: A rapidly aging society and changing employment system Nuclear and renewable energy policy Gender discrimination Immigration and ethnic minorities Post-3/11 tsunami, earthquake and nuclear meltdown developments Sino-Japanese relations An essential reference work for students of contemporary Japan, it is also an invaluable source for a variety of courses, including comparative politics, anthropology, public policy and international relations.

Author : Satsuki Kawano,Glenda S. Roberts,Susan Orpett Long
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824838690

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Capturing Contemporary Japan by Satsuki Kawano,Glenda S. Roberts,Susan Orpett Long Pdf

What are people’s life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class ideals once considered the essence of Japaneseness. In the postwar model household a man was expected to obtain a job at a major firm that offered life-long employment; his counterpart, the “professional” housewife, managed the domestic sphere and the children, who were educated in a system that provided a path to mainstream success. In the past twenty years, however, Japanese society has seen a sharp increase in precarious forms of employment, higher divorce rates, and a widening gap between haves and have-nots. Contributors draw on rich, nuanced fieldwork data collected during the 2000s to examine work, schooling, family and marital relations, child rearing, entertainment, lifestyle choices, community support, consumption and waste, material culture, well-being, aging, death and memorial rites, and sexuality. The voices in these pages vary widely: They include schoolchildren, teenagers, career women, unmarried women, young mothers, people with disabilities, small business owners, organic farmers, retirees, and the elderly.

Author : David A. Conrad
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476686745

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Akira Kurosawa and Modern Japan by David A. Conrad Pdf

The samurai films of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa are set in the past, but they tell us much about the present, as do his crime stories, romances, military films, medical dramas and art films. His movies are beloved for their timeless protagonists and haunting vistas of old Japan, but we haven't yet fully grasped everything they can teach us about modern Japan. Kurosawa's films evolved as Japan redefined and reinvented itself, from movies made for the wartime regime to those made amid the trials of American occupation. From the lavish epics of the economic miracle years to searching masterpieces made with international assistance in a globalizing world, Kurosawa's movies responded to changing times. This detailed study of all 30 of Kurosawa's films analyzes the links between the thrilling narratives onscreen and the equally remarkable events that occurred in Japan over his long, productive career. This book explores how Kurosawa's classics depict the political, economic, cultural, sexual and environmental upheavals of a nation at the center of a turbulent century, both directly and through period-piece mythmaking.

Author : Takekazu Ogura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015011956219

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Agricultural Development in Modern Japan by Takekazu Ogura Pdf

Study of economic implications of agrarian reform and agricultural policy in Japan - covers historical aspects, aspects of agriculture and the food industry, agricultural production, cultivation techniques in respect of rice production, plantations, the use of agricultural machinery and fertilisers, animal production, etc.

Author : Toshio Yamada
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811305177

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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society by Toshio Yamada Pdf

This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese theory of civil society proposed unique thinking about “freedom and equality” and “human rights” in the postwar era but could not help to come up with effective concepts for an economic analysis of that capitalism of the period. On the other hand, the régulation theory born in the 1970s is well known by its definition of postwar capitalism as Fordism, based on the elaboration of a new conceptual framework, but it soon proved unable to directly explain Japan’s experience by that central concept of Fordism. Inspired by consideration of Japanese civil society and also by the regulationist framework, the author has forged new analytical concepts such as “companyism” to understand Japanese capitalism including the recent “lost decades”, and he elaborates more carefully the concepts of “growth regime” and “institutional change” to grasp the dynamics of the world economy including today’s neoliberal trend. The original benefits of the book consist in 1) reviving a Japanese theory of civil society in the postwar period, 2) applying the régulation theory to the analysis of contemporary Japan, and 3) offering theoretical reflections on the conception of the world economy. Consequently, the author pays special attention to the relationship between the political and the economic as well as regulationist tools and the theory of civil society’s perspective. The principal message of the book is that capitalism or the market economy must be supported by a sound civil society.

Author : Ernest W. Clement
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351245524

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Revival: A Handbook of Modern Japan (1903) by Ernest W. Clement Pdf

In this book the author has intended to portray Japan as he finds it rather than as it was in the past. However, the past is not ignored as it would be both foolish and futile. It is noted whilst there are no parts of Japan, and very few of her people, entirely unaffected by the new civilization, yet there are still some segments which are comparatively unchanged by the new ideas and ideals. It is observed that although those who have been least affected by the changes are more in number than those who have been most influenced by the change, yet the latter are much more active and powerful than the former.

Author : Robert A. Scalapino,Junnosuke Masumi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520317833

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Parties and Politics in Contemporary Japan by Robert A. Scalapino,Junnosuke Masumi Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Author : Chris Smaje
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603589024

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A Small Farm Future by Chris Smaje Pdf

A modern classic of the new agrarianism "Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva "Every young person should read this book."—Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation—and will yield humanity’s best chance at survival. Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward for society—and a vital resource for activists, students, policy makers, and anyone looking to enact change.

Author : Junnosuke Masumi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Parties and Politics in Contemporary Japan by Junnosuke Masumi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Parties and Politics in Contemporary Japan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elise K. Tipton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415185386

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Modern Japan by Elise K. Tipton Pdf

Ranging from the Tokugwa period to the present day, this text provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Tipton covers political and economic developments and shows how they relate to social themes and developments. Her survey covers traditional political history as well as areas growing in interest: gender issues, labor conditions and ethnic minorities.

Author : Mikiso Hane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429961984

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Modern Japan, Student Economy Edition by Mikiso Hane Pdf

This book presents the essential facts of modern Japanese history. It covers a variety of important developments through the 1990s, giving special consideration to how traditional Japanese modes of thought and behavior have affected the recent developments.