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100 1  Samuels, Richard J. 
245 10 3.11 :|bdisaster and change in Japan /|cRichard J. 
       Samuels. 
246 3  Three eleven 
264  1 Ithaca :|bCornell University Press,|c2013. 
300    274 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The status quo ante and 3.11 -- Never waste a good crisis 
       -- Historical and comparative guidance -- Dueling security
       narratives -- Debating energy policy -- Repurposing local 
       government. 
520    On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a
       9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50
       miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful 
       earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it 
       produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights
       of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented 
       multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power 
       Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives,
       destroyed whole towns, and will ultimately cost hundreds 
       of billions of dollars for reconstruction. In 3.11, 
       Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly 
       assessment of the disaster's impact on Japan's government 
       and society. The events of March 2011 occurred after two 
       decades of social and economic malaise-as well as 
       considerable political and administrative dysfunction at 
       both the national and local levels-and resulted in 
       national soul-searching. Political reformers saw in the 
       tragedy cause for hope: an opportunity for Japan to remake
       itself. Samuels explores Japan's post-earthquake actions 
       in three key sectors: national security, energy policy, 
       and local governance. For some reformers, 3.11 was a 
       warning for Japan to overhaul its priorities and political
       processes. For others, it was a once-in-a-millennium 
       event; they cautioned that while national policy could be 
       improved, dramatic changes would be counterproductive. 
       Still others declared that the catastrophe demonstrated 
       the need to return to an idealized past and rebuild what 
       has been lost to modernity and globalization. Samuels 
       chronicles the battles among these perspectives and 
       analyzes various attempts to mobilize popular support by 
       political entrepreneurs who repeatedly invoked three 
       powerfully affective themes: leadership, community, and 
       vulnerability. Assessing reformers' successes and failures
       as they used the catastrophe to push their particular 
       agendas-and by examining the earthquake and its aftermath 
       alongside prior disasters in Japan, China, and the United 
       States-Samuels outlines Japan's rhetoric of crisis and 
       shows how it has come to define post-3.11 politics and 
       public policy. 
650  0 Disaster relief|xPolitical aspects|zJapan. 
650  0 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011|xPolitical 
       aspects. 
650  0 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011|xPolitical 
       aspects. 
650 12 Disaster Planning|zJapan. 
651  0 Japan|xPolitics and government|y21st century. 
650 22 Earthquakes|zJapan. 
650 22 Fukushima Nuclear Accident|zJapan. 
650 22 Tsunamis|zJapan. 
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