Description: This book explores the challenges Japan has been facing as a post-industrialized society that is characterized by a declining population rate, an aging population, and an increased reliance on imports, and seeks to learn lessons on sustainability from Japan's experiences.
Brief description: Raymond Jussaume is professor of sociology at Michigan State University.
Review Quotes:
"Building Sustainable Agrifood Systems and Resilient Rural Communities in Japan addresses the dilemma of how to sustain and enhance rural communities in the face of rapid demographic transitions. Through empirical case studies contextualized within macro social forces facing Japan, these prominent Japanese agrifood scholars provide a valuable primer on lessons learned and future work needed to address the global challenges of sustainability and rural development. Global agrifood scholars facing similar dilemmas will find Japan's social and political rural sustainability innovations informative and useful."