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Bicycle citizens: the political world of the Japanese housewife
Robin M. LeBlanc with a foreword by Saskia Sassen-
Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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Dedication
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Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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Note on Names
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CHAPTER ONE "Supposing Truth Is a Woman – What Then?"
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The Unstudied Housewife Citizens of Japan
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Liberalism: Its Women, Its Problems
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The Nature of the Bicycle Citizens Study
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The Presentation of the Study
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CHAPTER TWO The Identity of the "Regular Housewife"
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A Community of Housewives
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None-of-the-Above Narratives of the Housewife Label
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The Housewife as the Presentational Self
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Among Friends: Maintaining the Housewife Identity
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The Inevitable Housewife in Politics
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CHAPTER THREE Housewives and Citizenship
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The World That Is Not There: Politics in Daily Conversation
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Distance: A Measure of Politics' Meaning
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CHAPTER FOUR Volunteering against Politics Housewives, Citizenship, and Community Service
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Volunteer Activity and Politics
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The Shape of Voluntarism in Japan
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Sagyōsho: Life Inside a Volunteer Organization
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The Volunteer Ethic
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Social Welfare and the Volunteer Ethic
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A Brush with Politics at Sagyōsho
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Gyōsei Meets Yaruki: Sagyōsho Expands
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Conclusion
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CHAPTER FIVE Toward a "Housewifely" Movement The Seikatsu Club Co-op's Daily Life Politics
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A Lively Festival: The Seikatsu Movement
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The Seikatsu Club Co-op as a New Social Movement
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The Seikatsu Club Co-op as a Housewife's Movement
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The Housewife as a Defining Movement Concept
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Housewife Consciousness as Political Currency
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The Housewife Identification: Latent Political Conflicts
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Evaluating Netto Potential in the Long Run
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CHAPTER SIX The Ono Campaign A "Regular" Housewife in Elite Politics
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Ono's Dual Duty: Rhetoric and Organization Compete
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The Organization Pressure of Politics
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The Political Pressures of Disorganization
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A Rhetoric for Whom?
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Foreword
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Chapter One "Supposing Truth Is a Woman"
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Chapter Two Identity of "Regular Housewife"
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Chapter Three Housewives and Citizenship
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Chapter Four Volunteering against Politics
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Toward a "Housewifely" Movement
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Chapter Six The Ono Campaign
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Conclusion
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References
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Index
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Published: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520212909 (hardcover)
- 9780520212916 (paper)
- 9780520920613 (ebook)