Japan's Evolving Security Policy: Militarisation Within a Pacifist Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780367720315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 178 str.

Kyoko Hatakeyama

Opis

Japan has been expanding its military roles in the post-Cold War period. This book analyses the shift in Japan’s security policy by examining the collective ideas of political parties and the effect of an international norm.

Spis treści

Part 1: Unpacking the Puzzle  1. Norms, Ideas, and State Policy: A Theoretical Framework  2. Key Concepts: Opposing Ideas and Domestic and International Norms in Japan  Part 2: Japan’s Arms Trade Ban Policy  3. The Arms Trade Ban Policy during the Cold War: Shared Norm, Different Ideas  4. Relaxing the Arms Trade Ban Policy in the Post-Cold War Period: The Influence of International Trends  Part 3: Japan’s Peacekeeping Policy  5. Dispatching the Self-Defence Forces in the Cold War Period: Divisive Ideas in Domestic Politics  6. The Gulf War and Japan’s Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: The Internalisation of an International Norm  7. Japan’s Evolving Peacekeeping Policy in the post-Cold War Period: Interaction between Domestic and International Norms  Part 4: Japan’s Evolving Military Roles  8. Japan’s Expanding Security Roles in the1990s and 2000s: The Emergence of Collective Security  9. Peace and Security Legislation: Regulative Effects of a Domestic Norm  10. Conclusions

O autorze

Kyoko Hatakeyama is Professor of International Relations at Graduate School of International Studies and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefecture. Her research interests are Japan’s foreign and security policy, international relations in Asia, and international relations theory.