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Suzuki, Akira. "Community Unionism in Japan: similarities and differences of region-based labor movements between Japan and other industrialized countries" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p237273_index.html>

Suzuki, A. , 2008-07-31 "Community Unionism in Japan: similarities and differences of region-based labor movements between Japan and other industrialized countries" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p237273_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper examines organizational characteristics and presents a specific case of Japanese community unionism (region-based community unions and regional labor councils), and contrasts the Japanese case of community unionism with the conceptual framework of community unions based on cases in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the UK. The paper shows that, although there are some common features, one of the important differences of community unionism between Japan and other industrialized countries is the weakness of coalition-building between unions and community-based organizations in Japan compared to other countries. The paper argues that the forms of community unionism are mediated by political and institutional contexts of labor movements, and that the partisan nature of the Japanese labor movement and the relative under-development of civil society explain the difference.

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