Aftermath
Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake
Published on 30. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
498 pages
978-1-925608-96-0 (ISBN)
Description
Aftermath is a comprehensive analysis of recovery and reconstruction following the triple disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011. This collection addresses the question of why, despite the relative success of network governance in brokering a response to the disaster and to reconstruction, politics failed either to prepare for the disaster or to respond adequately to it.
In examining Japan's political system leading up to 3/11, Aftermath looks at the system of network governance that operated between various organisations and levels of government. The book scrutinises the political influence network that united politicians and the bureaucracy with the major corporations and created a system to promote nuclear power. Through political, policy, economic and social analysis, Aftermath aims to contribute to the development of mechanisms and structures to minimize the impact of disasters.
In examining Japan's political system leading up to 3/11, Aftermath looks at the system of network governance that operated between various organisations and levels of government. The book scrutinises the political influence network that united politicians and the bureaucracy with the major corporations and created a system to promote nuclear power. Through political, policy, economic and social analysis, Aftermath aims to contribute to the development of mechanisms and structures to minimize the impact of disasters.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Victoria
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 134 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-925608-96-0 (9781925608960)
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Yutaka Tsujinaka is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba. His research centers on public policy and social capital. His extensive experience includes serving as President of the Japan Political Science Association, Director of the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Director of the Institute for Comparative Research (ICR), University of Tsukuba.
Content
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: 3.11 and Fukushima
- TSUJINAKA Yutaka and INATSUGU Hiroaki
- Part I: The Failure of Political Actors
- 1 Coalition Formation and the Legislative Process in a Divided Diet
- HAMAMOTO Shinsuke
- 2 TEPCO's Political and Economic Power before 3.11
- KAMIKAWA Ryunoshin
- 3 Nuclear Policy after 3.11
- KAMIKAWA Ryuunoshin
- 4 3.11 and the 2012 General Election: Political Competition and Agenda Setting
- KUNBO Yoshiaki
- 5 Nuclear Power and the Will of the People
- YAMAMOTO Hidehiro
- 6 Nuclear Damage Compensation: Mechanisms for Dispute Resolution
- OKURA Sae and KUBO Yoshiaki
- Part II: The Triumph of Network Governance
- 7 Design and Development of the Recovery Agencies
- ITO Masatsugu
- 8 Deployment of Local Government Personnel: Autonomy and Cooperation
- INATSUGU Hiroaki
- 9 Service and Support by Local Governments outside the Disaster Zone
- WADA Akiko
- 10 Local Government Response to 3.11: Staff Perceptions
- MATSUI Nozomi
- 11 The Practical Realities of Volunteer Activity in a Time of Disaster
- NISHIDE Junro
- Part III: Picturing Fukushima from the Data
- 12 Effects of the Nuclear Disaster: Evidence in the Data
- ITO Yasushi
- 13 The Cost Effectiveness of Radioactive Decontamination
- ITO Yasushi
- 14 Radioactive Contamination and Japan's Foreign Relations
- TSUNEKAWA Keiichi
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: 3.11 and Fukushima
- TSUJINAKA Yutaka and INATSUGU Hiroaki
- Part I: The Failure of Political Actors
- 1 Coalition Formation and the Legislative Process in a Divided Diet
- HAMAMOTO Shinsuke
- 2 TEPCO's Political and Economic Power before 3.11
- KAMIKAWA Ryunoshin
- 3 Nuclear Policy after 3.11
- KAMIKAWA Ryuunoshin
- 4 3.11 and the 2012 General Election: Political Competition and Agenda Setting
- KUNBO Yoshiaki
- 5 Nuclear Power and the Will of the People
- YAMAMOTO Hidehiro
- 6 Nuclear Damage Compensation: Mechanisms for Dispute Resolution
- OKURA Sae and KUBO Yoshiaki
- Part II: The Triumph of Network Governance
- 7 Design and Development of the Recovery Agencies
- ITO Masatsugu
- 8 Deployment of Local Government Personnel: Autonomy and Cooperation
- INATSUGU Hiroaki
- 9 Service and Support by Local Governments outside the Disaster Zone
- WADA Akiko
- 10 Local Government Response to 3.11: Staff Perceptions
- MATSUI Nozomi
- 11 The Practical Realities of Volunteer Activity in a Time of Disaster
- NISHIDE Junro
- Part III: Picturing Fukushima from the Data
- 12 Effects of the Nuclear Disaster: Evidence in the Data
- ITO Yasushi
- 13 The Cost Effectiveness of Radioactive Decontamination
- ITO Yasushi
- 14 Radioactive Contamination and Japan's Foreign Relations
- TSUNEKAWA Keiichi
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index