Gender and human rights politics in Japan: global norms and domestic networks

Abstract

CONTENTS 1 Redefining Gender and Race in Japan: An Introduction 000 2 Constructing Japanese State Identity and Interests 000 3 Global Norms Concerning Women's, Children's, and Minority Rights 000 4 Policy, Institutional, and Legal Changes Concerning Women's and Children's Human Rights in Japan 000 5 Grassroots Mobilization: The Pill, Sexual Harassment, Military Sexual Slavery, Domestic Violence, and Child Prostitution 000 6 Human Rights Education in Japan 000 7 Japanese Nongovernmental Mobilization at the World Conference against Racism 000 8 Domestic Mobilization of Global Human Rights Norms: Issue Reframing, Advocacy Education, and Leverage Politics 000 9 Conclusions: Reconstructing Japanese Political Culture in the Age of Globalization 000 Appendixes 000 Notes 000 Index 000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women's rights Japan, Children's rights Japan, Human rights advocacy Japan