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Aftermath

Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake
Japanese Society Series
"Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" 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...

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"Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" 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 organizations and levels of government. The book scrutinizes 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.

About Editors and Authors

TSUJINAKA Yutaka

TSUJINAKA Yutaka 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.

INATSUGU Hiroaki

INATSUGU Hiroaki, Professor in the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, is a Japanese scholar specializing in public administration. His research has focused on public administration, personnel administration, local administration and public management. In 1983, he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, and joined the Osaka City Hall where he worked in the General Affairs Bureau, the Human Resources Committee Secretariat and the Mayor's Office. After completing a Doctor of Law at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Law in 1995, he was initially employed at Himeji Dokkyo University, and then went on to become Professor in the Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University. He has held his current position at Waseda University since 2007, and his international appointments include Visiting Researcher at the University of London and at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of contents


Contents
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction: 3.11 and Fukushima
TSUJINAKA Yutaka and INATSUGU Hiroaki

Part I: The Failure of Political Actors
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Contents
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 

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