Civil Society and the Internet in Japan

Informationen zum Autor Isa Ducke is a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo, Japan. Klappentext Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, Isa Ducke has produced an original work, analyzing the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful it is for their work. Zusammenfassung Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, Isa Ducke has produced an original work, analyzing the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful it is for their work. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Internet and New Technologies in Japan 3. Civil Society in Japan 4. Use of the Internet by Political Actors in the Japanese-Korean Textbook Controversy 5. Web Site Strategies of Small Citizens' Groups. A Quantitative Web Site Analysis 6. How Umbrella Organizations in Japan, Korea, and Germany Use New Technologies. A Comparative Approach 7. The Internet as a Platform for Political Participation and Mobilization in the Debate about the Dispatch of Troops to Iraq

Product details

• Authors: Isa Ducke, Isa (German Institute for Japanese Studies Ducke, Ducke Isa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2007
• EAN: 9780415418645
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41864-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series; Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, History, Media Studies, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Human–computer interaction, Internet guides and online services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General