{"product_id":"gender-and-human-rights-politics-in-japan-global-norms-and-domestic-networks-9780804750226","title":"Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main purpose of this book is to revisit prevailing conceptions of the Japanese state--which tend to focus on bureaucratic dominance, party politics, and interest groups--and argue that these institutions cannot explain the extensive legal and political changes concerning women's and children's human rights since the late 1990s. Instead, the author advances a constructivist approach to examine the impact of global human rights norms on Japan. This approach is exceptional in linking gender, children, and minority rights to Japanese norms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers an up-to-date account of the changes since the 1990s. It also explores the issue of universalism versus cultural relativism within human rights and feminist debates. Instead of assuming that traditional Japanese culture is at odds with the individualistic and legalistic orientation of international human rights standards, the book discusses how Japanese civil society as well as state actors grapple with the rise of the individual, the new salience of law in resolving conflicts, the emergence of horizontal networks of cooperation, and the practice of \"postnational citizenship.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804750226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 1478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Chan is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of British Columbia, having completed two years as a postdoctoral fellow in International Studies at Harvard. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGender and Human Rights Politics in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2004)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40141673857139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c21abe78-0492-4c5b-84c9-b276bf5ebb8c.jpg?v=1654521318","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gender-and-human-rights-politics-in-japan-global-norms-and-domestic-networks-9780804750226","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}