Japan as a 'Normal Country'? : A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World /
Japan as a 'Normal Country'? : A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World /
ed. by David A. Welch, Masayaki Tadokoro, Yoshihide Soeya.
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Japan and Global Society : 24 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: What Is a ‘Normal Country’? -- 1 Embracing Normalcy: Toward a Japanese ‘National Strategy’ -- 2 Change and Continuity in Japan’s ‘Abnormalcy’: An Emerging External Attitude of the Japanese Public -- 3 A ‘Normal’ Middle Power: Interpreting Changes in Japanese Security Policy in the 1990s and After -- 4 Conservative Conceptions of Japan as a ‘Normal Country’: Comparing Ozawa, Nakasone, and Ishihara -- 5 Chinese Discourse on Japan as a ‘Normal Country' -- 6 The Limits to ‘Normalcy’: Japanese-Korean Post–Cold War Interactions -- 7 Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia in the Post–Cold War Era: ‘Abnormal’ No More? -- Contributors
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For decades, Japan's foreign policy has been seen by both internal and external observers as abnormal in relation to its size and level of sophistication. Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy. The contributors reappraise the definition of normality and ask whether Japan is indeed abnormal, what it would mean to become normal, and whether the country can—or should—become so.Identifying constraints such as an inflexible constitution, inherent antimilitarism, and its position as a U.S. security client, Japan as a 'Normal Country'? goes on to analyse factors that could make Japan a more effective regional and global player. These essays ultimately consider how Japan could leverage its considerable human, cultural, technological, and financial capital to benefit both its citizens and the world.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442694231
10.3138/9781442694231 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
327.5209/045
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: What Is a ‘Normal Country’? -- 1 Embracing Normalcy: Toward a Japanese ‘National Strategy’ -- 2 Change and Continuity in Japan’s ‘Abnormalcy’: An Emerging External Attitude of the Japanese Public -- 3 A ‘Normal’ Middle Power: Interpreting Changes in Japanese Security Policy in the 1990s and After -- 4 Conservative Conceptions of Japan as a ‘Normal Country’: Comparing Ozawa, Nakasone, and Ishihara -- 5 Chinese Discourse on Japan as a ‘Normal Country' -- 6 The Limits to ‘Normalcy’: Japanese-Korean Post–Cold War Interactions -- 7 Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia in the Post–Cold War Era: ‘Abnormal’ No More? -- Contributors
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For decades, Japan's foreign policy has been seen by both internal and external observers as abnormal in relation to its size and level of sophistication. Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy. The contributors reappraise the definition of normality and ask whether Japan is indeed abnormal, what it would mean to become normal, and whether the country can—or should—become so.Identifying constraints such as an inflexible constitution, inherent antimilitarism, and its position as a U.S. security client, Japan as a 'Normal Country'? goes on to analyse factors that could make Japan a more effective regional and global player. These essays ultimately consider how Japan could leverage its considerable human, cultural, technological, and financial capital to benefit both its citizens and the world.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442694231
10.3138/9781442694231 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
327.5209/045