been tested on large samples. Using a new dataset from Japan, this paper demonstrates that state agencies choose localities … judged weakest in local civil society as host communities for controversial projects. In some cases, powerful politicians … then explores new territory: how demographic, political and civil society factors impact the outcomes of siting attempts …

This article explores how international human rights law has influenced relations between organized civil society and … the State in Japan. More specifically, it analyzes whether global norms on human rights have had any broad influence on … the role of civil society as a public actor, or on the contrary a more restrictive one, concerning only organizations …