Political Opportunities and Local Grassroots Environmental Movements: The Case of Minamata
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 45 (1) , 37-60
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3097142
Abstract
This paper examines the Minamata mercury victims' grassroots movement. Our analysis demonstrates the value of using a political opportunity frameworkKeywords
This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
- Modern East Asia in World-Systems AnalysisSociological Inquiry, 1996
- Public-Good Movements and the Dimensions of Political ProcessComparative Political Studies, 1996
- TOKYO PERSPECTIVE: Squeeze put on Japan's healthThe Lancet, 1995
- The network for environmental and economic justice in the Southwest: Interview with Richard MooreCapitalism Nature Socialism, 1994
- Protest Cycles and Political Process: American Peace Movements in the Nuclear AgePolitical Research Quarterly, 1993
- Japanese environmental policies since World War II∗Capitalism Nature Socialism, 1991
- Social Protest, Hegemonic Competition, and Social Reform: A Political Struggle Interpretation of the Origins of the American Welfare StateAmerican Sociological Review, 1989
- Japan: the success and limitations of technocratic environmental policyPolicy & Politics, 1986
- Mobilizing for Environmental Policy in Italy and JapanComparative Politics, 1984
- Power-Dependence RelationsAmerican Sociological Review, 1962