Environmental Sociology in Japan : An Overview of the Japanese Experience in the Aftermath of “ 3 / 11 ” The Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology
Environmental Sociology in Japan : An Overview of the Japanese Experience in the Aftermath of “ 3 / 11 ” The Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology
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日本的环境社会学:“3·11”后日本经验概述 日本环境社会学协会
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2014
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W. Megen
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G. Bryant;Stephen M. Martin;A. Budi;W. Megen
Japanese environmental sociology has roots that go back to the early 1960s, when it mainly focused its attention on the analysis of social mechanisms that produced pollution victims. This can be attributed mainly to the fact that Japan suffered from severe environmental disruptions (kôgai) in the 1960s and 1970s. A few examples of the disruptions are Minamata and Itai-Itai diseases, but the list continues endlessly. Researchers, therefore, conducted case studies occasionally accompanied by in-depth interviews with the intent of understanding the subjective reactions of victims as well as their protest activities and to uncover the mechanisms of societal and environmental disruption in local communities. In 1992, the Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology (JAES) was founded with the participation of 53 researchers, and the late IIJIMA Nobuko (1938-2001), a pioneer in Japanese environmental sociology, became its first president. Now with 600 members (as of March 2013), JAES has become the largest environmental sociology association around the globe. JAES members come from a wide range of backgrounds: researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners in many fields. The Association holds semiannual seminars each spring and autumn and publishes the Journal of Environmental Sociology, the world’ s first journal devoted especially to environmental sociology.