Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan

Part 1: Japanese Consumer Advocacy from Theoretical, Comparative, and Historical Perspectives 1. Toward a Framework for the Study of Consumer Advocacy 2. Consumer Advocacy in the United States and Britain 3. The Politics of an Emerging Consumer Movement: The Occupation Period 5. The Post-1968 Consumer Protection Policymaking System and the Consumer Movement's Response 4. Consumer Politics Under Early One-Party Dominance: 1955 to the Late 1960s 7. The Right to Safety: The Movement to Oppose the Deregulation of Food Additives 6. The Right to Choose: The Movement to Amend the Antimonopoly Law 9. The Right to Be Heard: The Past, Present, and Future of the Japanese Consumer Movement 8. The Right to Redress: The Movement to Enact a Product Liability Law Introduction Part 2: Case Studies: The Impact of Japanese Consumer Advocacy on Policymaking