Why Did Boomerang Not Return? Explaining the Failure of Boomerang Strategy of Minamata Disease Victims and Local Environmental Activists in Japan

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Interest Groups and Citizen's Involvement

Brief Overview

I offer a refinement of boomerang pattern theory developed by Keck & Sikkink (1998) to explain why boomerang strategy of Minamata disease victims and local activists in Japan failed by adding political, economic and social context surrounding them.

Author

• Inhwan Ko, University of Washington