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Suburban Tokyo : A comparative study in politics and social change

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Titre

Suburban Tokyo : A comparative study in politics and social change

Sujet

Tokyo, twentieth century, vingtième siècle, sciences politiques, mutation sociale, périurbanisation, périphéries, banlieue, Musashino, Fuchk, politique de la ville, Allinson Gary D., croissance urbaine

Description

Abstract from the publisher :
 
The rapid growth of suburban communities has been a prominent feature of social change in Japan since the 1920s. In western Tokyo alone the suburban population, which at that time numbered fewer than three hundred thousand, exceeded three million by the late 1970s. In the nation as a whole, a third or more of the populace resides in suburban cities, and their number rises daily.
 
This growth has transformed isolated farm and market settlements into large cities characterized by social and economic diversity, and has caused sweeping changes in the political behavior of their residents. The vast majority of suburban voters before 1955 supported the conservatives who dominated Japanese political life; since then most suburbs have witnessed a sharp rise in support for parties of the opposition.
 
This book has the dual purpose of describing the social and economic processes that have shaped Tokyo's western suburbs and of analyzing the political changes that have ensued. It employs an explicitly comparative methodology to focus on two communities, the cities of Musashino and Fuchū, in order to reveal the complex - and often paradoxical - processes that have formed suburban Tokyo. Employing more implicit comparisons, the study also contrasts the evolution of Japan's suburbs with those in the United States, in order to highlight diverging patterns of social and political change.   The late Gary D. Allinson held the Ellen Bayard Weedon Chair of East Asian Studies at the University of Virginia and wrote a number of books and articles on modern Japan.   Alternative link to the book via Google Books.  

Créateur

Gary D. Allinson

Éditeur

University of California Press

Date

1979

Format


258

Type

Ouvrage

Identifiant

http://www.ucpress.edu/op.php?isbn=9780520028425