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Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction: 3.11 and Fukushima
TSUJINAKA Yutaka and INATSUGU Hiroaki

Part I: The Failure of Political Actors

1 Coalition Formation and the Legislative Process in a Divided Diet
HAMAMOTO Shinsuke
2 TEPCO’s Political and Economic Power before 3.11
KAMIKAWA Ryunoshin
3 Nuclear Policy after 3.11
KAMIKAWA Ryuunoshin
4 3.11 and the 2012 General Election: Political Competition and Agenda Setting
KUNBO Yoshiaki
5 Nuclear Power and the Will of the People
YAMAMOTO Hidehiro
6 Nuclear Damage Compensation: Mechanisms for Dispute Resolution
OKURA Sae and KUBO Yoshiaki

Part II: The Triumph of Network Governance

7 Design and Development of the Recovery Agencies
ITO Masatsugu
8 Deployment of Local Government Personnel: Autonomy and Cooperation
INATSUGU Hiroaki
9 Service and Support by Local Governments outside the Disaster Zone
WADA Akiko
10 Local Government Response to 3.11: Staff Perceptions
MATSUI Nozomi
11 The Practical Realities of Volunteer Activity in a Time of Disaster
NISHIDE Junro

Part III: Picturing Fukushima from the Data

12 Effects of the Nuclear Disaster: Evidence in the Data
ITO Yasushi
13 The Cost Effectiveness of Radioactive Decontamination
ITO Yasushi
14 Radioactive Contamination and Japan’s Foreign Relations
TSUNEKAWA Keiichi

Notes
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