Suchergebnisse

Editorial introduction / Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns -- Beyond the great divide: Forms of legal scholarship and everyday life / Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns -- Abigail Bailey's coverture: Law in a married woman's consciousness / Hendrik Hartog -- Reflections on law in the everyday life of women / Catharine A. MacKinnon -- Law in the domains of everyday life: The construction of community and difference / David M. Engel -- Law and everyday life / Patricia J. Williams -- Autumn weekends: An essay on law and everyday life / David Kennedy -- Mass toxic torts and the end of everyday life / George E. Marcus

"This book provides one of the first systematic introductions to the Japanese concept of life-environmentalism, Seikatsu-Kankyo Shugi. This concept emerged in the 1980s as a shared research framework among Japanese social scientists studying the adverse consequences of postwar industrialization on everyday life in communities. Life-environmentalism offers a lens through which the agency of small communities in sustaining their everyday life and living environment can be understood. The book provides an overview of this approach, including intellectual backgrounds and foundational concepts, along with a variety of empirical case studies that examine environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and other parts of Asia. It also includes critical reflections on the approach in light of contemporary sustainability challenges. The empirical topics covered in the book include local community responses to development projects, resource governance, disaster response and recovery, and historical environmental preservation. The chapters are contributed by researchers working at the forefront of the field. It provides only a glimpse into the vast literature that awaits further exploration and engagement in the future. The book is suitable for upper undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers interested in environmental problems, sustainability and resilience, disaster mitigation and response, and regional development in Asian contexts, particularly Japan. It is well-suited for courses in anthropology, geography, sociology, urban and regional planning, political science, Asian studies, and environmental studies"--

DESPITE THE TANKS, THE GUNS AND THE CHAOS, LIFE GOES ON IN THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF IRAQ