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This paper presents a study of Japan's international role with a special focus on its historical evolution. To that end, the following three pillars lay the necessary theoretical foundations: one, the notions of historical and political identity and a discussion of the ambivalent shapes they have taken in Japan; two, the regional context, an examination of Japan's situation with respect to Asian history as a whole, and finally, the "civilian power" concept as defined by Hanns W. Maull.
| Introduction | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| A Note on the Text | |
| Theoretical Introduction | |
| Identity Debate | |
| Civilian power concept | |
| Japan in the context of Asian history | |
| A Few | |
| Remarks about Methodology | |
| Japan's Indentity Dilemma | |
| Introduction | |
| The dichotomy of self / other in identity formation | |
| Datsuaron, Integrationism and other Asianist Movements | |
| Historical Survey of the Evolution of Japan's Role in the World | |
| Introduction: Japan Between China and the West | |
| The Meiji Revolution and its aftermath | |
| Counter-movement to the Westernization of the early Meiji decades | |
| Japan in Transition: Rise from low-profile to international acceptance | |
| Militarism and its disastrous consequences | |
| Occupation and Reconstruction | |
| Japan's first cautious steps as an independent state | |
| Japan's rise as an economic power | |
| Japan's first diplomatic steps in the 1970s | |
| Balancing between Economics and Politics | |
| The End of the Cold War and its Implications for Japan's Diplomacy | |
| Japan's Role in Multilateral Organizations | |
| Japan in the UN Framework | |
| Japan in Other Multilateral Organizations | |
| Survey of the Contemporary Japanese Political Debate on Foreign Policy | |
| A Survey of Perspectives in the Japanese Political | |
| Introductory Remarks | |
| Different Perspectives on Japan's Foreign Policy | |
| Advocates of Maintaining the Status Quo | |
| Independentists | |
| Pragmatic Multilateralists | |
| Pacifists | |
| Evaluation | |
| Evaluating the compatibility of Different Perspectives with regard to the Civilian Power concept | |
| Conclusion | |
| General concluding remarks | |
| Interpretation of results gained in the Survey of Different Perspectives on Japan's Foreign Policy in the 1990s | |
| Future Scenarios for Japan's international role | |
| Summary | |
| Footnotes | |
| Selected Biography | |
| Abbreviations | |
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ISBN: 9780415934381
ISBN-10: 0415934389
Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 144
Published: 1st May 2003
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.43
Edition Number: 1
