TY - BOOK AU - Pekkanen,Robert TI - Japan's dual civil society: members without advocates T2 - East-west center series on contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific SN - 0804754284 (cloth : alk. paper) PY - 2006/// CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Civil society KW - Japan KW - Associations, institutions, etc KW - Citizens' associations KW - Non-governmental organizations KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index; Introduction -- Japan's civil society in comparative perspective -- The regulatory framework -- Neighborhood associations and local civil society -- The politics of regulating civil society -- Conclusion : members without advocates ER -