caa a22 4500 606151818 CHVBK 20210128100545.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9534-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9534-2 Steinhoff Patricia 3624 Woodlawn Drive, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA aut Finding Happiness in Japan's Invisible Civil Society [Elektronische Daten] [Patricia Steinhoff] Although happy New Left radical may seem like an oxymoron, many veterans of the protest cycle of the late 1960s-early 1970s in Japan seem to find happiness through political participation in an alternative invisible civil society. Guided by actor-network theory and utilizing long-term participant observation data, the study finds that participants bring distinctive cultural capital to their political activism and use their specialized skills to organize events and produce material objects that explain and promote their ideas. They derive personal enjoyment and a sense of purpose from the creative activities of "making and doing” that characterize their autonomous participation in the invisible civil society, and simultaneously build networks rich in social capital. Their activities meet the criteria for experiencing well-being or happiness both through strong network relations (social capital theory), and engaging in activities with autonomous motivation (self-determination theory). International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Japan nationallicence Civil society nationallicence Social movements nationallicence Happiness nationallicence New Left nationallicence VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 98-120 0957-8765 26:1<98 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9534-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9534-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Steinhoff Patricia 3624 Woodlawn Drive, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 98-120 0957-8765 26:1<98 2015 26 11266