Bicycle Citizens - The Political World of the Japanese Housewife

"A gem of a book. LeBlanc brings the women she studies to life, leading us down the side streets and back alleys of Tokyo suburbia, trundling along on a clunker bicycle, and exploring how homemakers get involved in the grassroots level of politics."—Glenda Roberts, author of Staying on the Line

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD by Saskia Sassen
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTE ON NAMES

1. "Supposing Truth Is a Woman-What Then?"
2. The Identity of the "Regular Housewife"
3· Housewives and Citizenship
4. Volunteering against Politics: Housewives, Citizenship, and Community Service
5. Toward a "Housewifely'' Movement: The Seikatsu Club Co-op's Daily Life Politics
6. The Ono Campaign:
A "Regular'' Housewife in Elite Politics

CONCLUSION
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robin M. LeBlanc is Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University. Saskia Sassen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and author of Globalization and Its Discontents (1998).

Zusammenfassung

While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. Studying the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, this title argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robin M Le Blanc, Robin M. Le Blanc, Le Blanc Robin M., Robin M. Leblanc
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.03.1999
• EAN: 9780520212916
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21291-6
• Seiten: 263
• Serien: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes; Asia: Local Studies/Global The; Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
• Themen: Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Familie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Japan, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights