The Political Economy of the Environment: The Case of JapanThis authoritative study of Japan's environmental problems is by the country's leading environmental economist, Shigeto Tsuru. The author places environmental issues within a socio-economic context. In providing an historical account of environmental disruption in Japan, Professor Tsuru cites a number of key cases of industrial pollution in the pre-war and post-war periods and illustrates the effectiveness of such a strategy not only for Japan but any developed country. Finally, the author proposes a set of countermeasures against environmental problems, applicable to all developed countries today, aimed at achieving a new "quality of life." |
Contents
Concession to the Prevailing Position of | 10 |
The Concept of Kōgai Defined | 24 |
The Besshi Copper Mine | 36 |
Summary | 45 |
Historical Analysis The PreWar Period | 70 |
The Second Minamata Disease in Niigata | 96 |
From Stockholm 1972 to Rio 1992 | 116 |
Progress and Setback in Standards | 140 |
Pharmacological and Other Pollutions | 158 |
Implications of Globalized Environment | 193 |
A New LifeStyle Sought | 224 |
Notes | 239 |
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