Normalizing Japan : Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice

Andrew L Oros

ISBN 10: 080470029X / ISBN 13: 9780804700290

Edité par Stanford University Press Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware - 'Normalizing Japan' explains how politics and identity have interacted in postwar Japan to shape Japans distinctive security practices, offering a useful framework for understanding the important change taking place in Japanese security policy today.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780804700290

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Normalizing Japan : Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice
• Éditeur: Stanford University Press Apr 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 080470029X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780804700290
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 231 L x 162 H x 24 P (en millimètres) 231 millimètres de largeur par 162 millimètres de hauteur par 24 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 549 grammes

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Synopsis

Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan's military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. It argues that Japanese security policy has not changed as much in recent years as many believe, and that future change also will be highly constrained by Japan's long-standing "security identity," the central principle guiding Japanese policy over the past half-century. Oros' analysis is based on detailed exploration of three cases of policy evolution--restrictions on arms exports, the military use of outer space, and cooperation with the United States on missile defense--which shed light on other cases of policy change, such as Japan's deployment of its military to Iraq and elsewhere and its recent creation of a Ministry of Defense. More broadly, the book refines how "ideational" factors interact with domestic politics and international changes to create policy change.

À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Oros is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College. He is the Editor, with Yuki Tatsumi, of Japan's New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities, and Implications (Stimson Center, 2007).