Overview
- Describes recent agricultural policies in Asia
- Maximizes reader insights into relationship between the US and Japan
- Documents the rice growing lifestyle from the words of farmers and examines the rural areas
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This book chronicles Japan’s rice farmers who live in mainly rural areas in the west and south of Japan through original interviews conducted in Japanese. It argues that current agricultural policy as well as the tightening relationship between the US and Japan is a death sentence for a traditional lifestyle that is vital to Japan’s notion of national identity. The project covers recent agricultural policies, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and its potential consequences on Japan’s food sovereignty and documents the effect of these policies on rice farmers. This volume is ideal for those interested in Japan’s agricultural policies and rural and traditional Japanese lifestyle.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Nicole L. Freiner is Associate Professor of Political Science at Bryant University, USA. She is the author of The Social and Gender Politics of Confucianism: Women and the Japanese State (2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan
Book Subtitle: The Loss of a Traditional Lifestyle
Authors: Nicole L. Freiner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91430-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91429-9Published: 04 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08253-6Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91430-5Published: 19 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 177
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, History of Japan, Asian Politics, Anthropology, Comparative Politics, Asian Culture