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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 11 March, 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, and 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.
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
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