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"The popularity of blogs, wikis, and social networking demands a strong understanding of the hot Web 2.0 applications that are relevant today and this book provides the underlying concepts and business applications of these new tools Includes engaging and challenging projects so readers can learn to put concepts to action Features case studies throughout the chapters to provide a real-world perspective on the material and special sections focus on how an application can be effectively utilized on the job"--Provided by publisher

Book reviewed in this article: Manoominikewin: Stories of Wild Ricing. Christopher Miller, curator. John Lindell, Jack Rumpel, and Earl Gutnick, designers.

This book argues that the generation gap in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order; rather it signifies something much more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan.

Introductory section -- Civil Society in Japan: Democracy, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy -- Social Frameworks for Civil Society in Japan: In Search for a Japanese Model -- Established forms of engagement -- The Rising Voice of Japan's Community Unions -- Collaborative Environmentalism in Japan -- A New Epoch of Immigration for Japan: Directional Shift in Civic Organizational Support for Newcomer Settlement -- Engagement outside the mainstream -- Civic Engagement and Community Development Among Japan's Burakumin -- "I'm Deaf. This is Sign. Get Used to It." Sign Language in Japan: The Vision and the Struggle -- Media and Civic Engagement in Japan -- Emerging forms of engagement -- The Soft Advocacy of Music Fandom: Japanese Youth and the Building of Civic Infrastructures of the Mind -- Re-imagining the Relationship Between Japan and Korea: Popular Culture and Civic Engagement -- Fun with Consumers: Enjoying Anticonsumerism in Japan -- Concluding section -- Conclusions: From Politicization to Culturalization of Civic Engagement -- Epilogue: Toward a New Legal Form for Civic Engagement.