TY - BOOK AU - Hasegawa,Koichi TI - Constructing civil society in Japan: voices of environmental movements SN - 1876843675 : AV - JQ1681 .H35 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Melbourne, Vic. PB - Trans Pacific KW - Civil society KW - Japan KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmentalism KW - Environmental sciences KW - Social aspects KW - Citizen participation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index; Part I: the principles and issues of environmental sociology -- Perspectives of environmental sociology: the issues of the second stage -- Sociology of environmental issues: a look at the downstream side -- Part II: the sociology of environmental movements -- Environmental issues and movements -- Motivating and mobilizing the environmental movements -- Researching and developing environmental movements -- The environmental movements and policy research -- Anti-pollution lawsuits in the public sphere -- Anti-nuclear power movements as new social movements -- Regional referendums: community responses to nuclear facilities -- The dynamics of social movements and official policies: green electricity -- Civil society and the new public sphere -- Environmental movements and the new public sphere -- Transforming the citizens' sector -- Conclusion: towards a vibrant civil society ER -