The Sakhalin Village of Mizuho: Collective Memory and the Role of Non-state Actors in Local Governmental Policymaking Processes ...
Today, non-state actors have an increasingly greater effect on policy, such as activist groups and individuals online; however, the relationship between non-state actors and policymakers is often understood as a producer-client relationship, with non-state actors framed as reacting, and therefore ma...
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University of Chicago
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.5844 https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/5844 |
| Summary: | Today, non-state actors have an increasingly greater effect on policy, such as activist groups and individuals online; however, the relationship between non-state actors and policymakers is often understood as a producer-client relationship, with non-state actors framed as reacting, and therefore mainly passively consuming, the decisions of the policymaker. In particular, there is a lack of understanding of how non-state actors as subjects participate in the policymaking process, especially in non-Western countries. I aim to correct this knowledge gap by framing the non-state actor as an active policymaking agent, and through this, understand how non-state actors interact with and influence the policymaking process. My research analyzes how memory is preserved and utilized by non-state and state actors via a case study in Southern Sakhalin (Mizuho Village), where I conduct qualitative analysis of governmental and non-governmental resources in Russian, Japanese, and English. I find that community memory is ... |
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