Anti-nuclear Protest in Post-Fukushima Tokyo
Based on my PhD research on anti-nuclear and precarity movements in Tokyo, this book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Analyzing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen activism in Tokyo, it also situates the movement within the framework of a global struggle for democracy, from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. The book also reveals the complex geography of today’s globally connected social movements. It emphasizes the weaving together of urban and cyber space in activist praxis. By focusing on the cultural life of the movement—from its characteristic demonstration style to its blogs, zines and pamphlets—this book communicates activists’ voices in their own words. Based on ethnographic research, it concludes that the anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo after the Fukushima disaster have redefined social movement politics for a new era.
You can find a copy on the publisher’s website here: https://www.routledge.com/Anti-nuclear-Protest-in-Post-Fukushima-Tokyo-Power-Struggles/Brown/p/book/97803674240
The original PhD thesis on which this book is based is available to download for free from the University of Wollongong’s depository here: https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4512/
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