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Richard J. Samuels - 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan - 9780801452000 - V9780801452000
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3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan

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Description for 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 1 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.

On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives, destroyed whole towns, and will ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction.

In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster's impact on ... Read more

Samuels chronicles the battles among these perspectives and analyzes various attempts to mobilize popular support by political entrepreneurs who repeatedly invoked three powerfully affective themes: leadership, community, and vulnerability. Assessing reformers' successes and failures as they used the catastrophe to push their particular agendas—and by examining the earthquake and its aftermath alongside prior disasters in Japan, China, and the United States—Samuels outlines Japan's rhetoric of crisis and shows how it has come to define post-3.11 politics and public policy.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452000
SKU
V9780801452000
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Richard J. Samuels
Richard J. Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia; Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan; "Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security ... Read more

Reviews for 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
[3.11] is clearly the product of a deep sympathy for the disaster's immediate victims and Japan as a whole.
Andrew E. Barshay
Political Science Quarterly
Samuels draws on a lifetime of experience researching Japan's politics and local government, military and energy policy, and political leadership and economy to craft a definitive political account of the country's response ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan


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