On the Forest Fringes?: Environmentalism, Left Politics and Feminism in Japan

Mike Danaher

doi:10.33011/tf.v3i1.4023

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2003)
Gender In Asia

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On the Forest Fringes?: Environmentalism, Left Politics and Feminism in Japan

https://doi.org/10.33011/tf.v3i1.4023

Published 02/01/2003

Mike Danaher

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Danaher, Mike. “On the Forest Fringes?: Environmentalism, Left Politics and Feminism in Japan”. Transformations, vol. 3, no. 1, Feb. 2003, p. 9, doi:10.33011/tf.v3i1.4023.

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Abstract

This article examines the inter-relationships between environmentalism, left-wing politics and feminism in Japan. Using a historical perspective, the article identifies alliances and significant areas of influence between these three social and political movements. The article concludes that there exists support networks between the three that are important to maintaining their vitality and membership. The article also finds a lack of a wider vision characterising these movements.

Keywords

environmental movement, LDP, Japanese Socialists, Seikatsu Club

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Author Biography

Mike Danaher

Mike Danaher lectures in Asian and Environmental History and Japanese language at Central Queensland University. He is nearing completion of his doctorate in the field of Japanese environmental politics. Mike has published a number of articles in that area including a chapter titled "Crusaders of the Lost Archipelago: The Changing Relationship between Environmental NGOs and Government in Japan", in Javed Maswood, Jeff Graham and Hideaki Miyajima (eds), Japan: Change and Continuity (London: Curzon Press, 2002).