The only intensive ethnographic study published in English of a farming settlement community founded upon reclaimed land within a lake The first English language ethnographic study of a single Japanese farming community to actually focus on production in the last 20 years. It concentrates on marketing also, with which earlier studies were largely unconcerned. Brings a political economy perspective to the study of Japanese farming communities that has been missing from anthropological studies in the genre. Represents a return to the original core of anthropological research - intensive investigation of a single, bounded, small community.…mehr
The only intensive ethnographic study published in English of a farming settlement community founded upon reclaimed land within a lake The first English language ethnographic study of a single Japanese farming community to actually focus on production in the last 20 years. It concentrates on marketing also, with which earlier studies were largely unconcerned. Brings a political economy perspective to the study of Japanese farming communities that has been missing from anthropological studies in the genre. Represents a return to the original core of anthropological research - intensive investigation of a single, bounded, small community.
Donald C. Wood is an Associate Professor at Akita University, where he has worked since earning a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Tokyo in 2004. He is currently editor of the Research in Economic Anthropology book series.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Village and the Issues Putting Ogata-mura under the Lens Problems - Community Planning, Transition Economy, and Conflict Chapter 1. Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics in Japan Agricultural and Regional Policy Carrots from Heaven Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics - Reflections Chapter 2. Reclamation and the Old Social Order Hachirogata Before the Reclamation The Reclamation Settlement Loneliness, Depression and Tensions The Cooperative Groups Social Organization Beyond the Group Level The End of the Settlement Phase Utopia Lost? Chapter 3. The Storm and the Aftermath Dark Clouds on the Horizon The Deluge Why did the Clouds Burst? The Beautification Campaign Accelerates Big Plans and High Hopes The Sociopolitical Costs of Cosmetic Surgery Chapter 4. Rice: Alliances, Institutions, Frictions Rice Marketing in the Village Business and Politics in an Ogata-mura Neighborhood Rice Farming and Business Intertwined Chapter 5. Politics and the New Social Order The Interplay of Opposing "Parties" The Election of 2000 Developments Following the Election of 2000 The Election of 2004 A Fracture Forms in the Opposition Party The Election of 2008 The Changing Political Landscape Chapter 6. What Can We Learn from Ogata-mura? Plans, Policies, and Politics - The Big Picture Plans, Policies, and Politics - The Small Picture A Model Farming Village? Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Village and the Issues Putting Ogata-mura under the Lens Problems - Community Planning, Transition Economy, and Conflict Chapter 1. Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics in Japan Agricultural and Regional Policy Carrots from Heaven Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics - Reflections Chapter 2. Reclamation and the Old Social Order Hachirogata Before the Reclamation The Reclamation Settlement Loneliness, Depression and Tensions The Cooperative Groups Social Organization Beyond the Group Level The End of the Settlement Phase Utopia Lost? Chapter 3. The Storm and the Aftermath Dark Clouds on the Horizon The Deluge Why did the Clouds Burst? The Beautification Campaign Accelerates Big Plans and High Hopes The Sociopolitical Costs of Cosmetic Surgery Chapter 4. Rice: Alliances, Institutions, Frictions Rice Marketing in the Village Business and Politics in an Ogata-mura Neighborhood Rice Farming and Business Intertwined Chapter 5. Politics and the New Social Order The Interplay of Opposing "Parties" The Election of 2000 Developments Following the Election of 2000 The Election of 2004 A Fracture Forms in the Opposition Party The Election of 2008 The Changing Political Landscape Chapter 6. What Can We Learn from Ogata-mura? Plans, Policies, and Politics - The Big Picture Plans, Policies, and Politics - The Small Picture A Model Farming Village? Bibliography Index
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