Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Crisis,

Edited by Paul Bacon and Christopher Hobson

ISBN 10: 1138013137 / ISBN 13: 9781138013131

Published by Routledge, London and New York, 2014

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Content Description. Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Crisis is part of the Routledge Humanitarian Studies series. This interdisciplinary volume examines Japan's response to the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster through the framework of human security. Contributors examine the vulnerabilities created or intensified by the disaster as well as issues of disaster response, recovery, social policy, governance, and human empowerment.
Drawing on perspectives including disaster studies, environmental studies, gender studies, international relations, Japanese studies, philosophy, and sociology, the volume considers how the concept of human security can be applied within a highly developed country. Of particular interest to researchers and students of Japan, disaster response, Fukushima, human security, public policy, international relations, and humanitarian studies.
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Condition Description. Near Fine. Hardcover appears unread, with a clean, bright interior and tight binding. No writing, highlighting, underlining, remainder marks, or ownership markings observed. Glossy illustrated boards remain bright and attractive, with minor bumping/creasing at several corners and very light shelf/storage wear. An exceptionally clean copy overall; see photographs for actual condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Crisis,
• Publisher: Routledge, London and New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138013137
• ISBN 13: 9781138013131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 6.3W x 9.5H x 0.7D inches 6.3 inches width by 9.5 inches height by 0.7 inches depth
• Weight: 1.1 pounds

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Synopsis

Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the Japanese domestic context. This book applies the human security approach to the specific case of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident that struck Japan on 11 March 2011, which has come to be known as Japan's ‘triple disaster’. This left more than 15,000 people dead and was the most expensive natural disaster in recorded history.

The book identifies the many different forms of human insecurity that were produced or exacerbated within Japan by the triple disaster. Each chapter adds to the contemporary literature by identifying the vulnerability of Japanese social groups and communities, and examining how they collectively seek to prevent, respond to and recover from disaster. Emphasis is given to analysis of the more encouraging signs of human empowerment that have occurred. Contributors draw on a wide range of perspectives, from disciplines such as: disaster studies, environmental studies, gender studies, international relations, Japanese studies, philosophy and sociology.

In considering this Japanese case study in detail, the book demonstrates to researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers and practitioners how the concept of human security can be practically applied at a policy level to the domestic affairs of developed countries, countering the tendency to regard human security as exclusively for developing states.

About the Author

Paul Bacon is Associate Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, and Deputy Director of the European Union Institute, Waseda University, Japan.

Chris Hobson is Assistant Professor, School of Political Science and Economics Waseda University, Japan, and Visiting Research Fellow, United Nations University, Japan.