Risk and Securitization in Japan: 1945-60

ISBN-13: 9780815371199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str.

Piers R. Williamson

Opis

This book challenges the prevailing hypothesis of a shift from threat to risk with the end of the Cold War and presents a new explanatory model of risk that can be applied to Japan and elsewhere. It proposes that a full comprehension of the concept of risk can generate new understandings of political processes, and proffers a new perspective on Japanese security discourse, especially the controversy between, on the one hand, early Japanese governments, prime ministers, Diet members, and those who drafted the Japanese proposal for the new constitution, and, on the other hand, intellectuals, peace movement activists, proponents of unarmed neutrality and the US-Japan security treaty.

Spis treści

1. A Theory of Risk for Securitization 2. The Policymakers: Logics Behind the Bilateral Relationship 3. The Policymakers: Risk Analysis of Documents 4. The Progressive Intellectuals: Brief Historical Synopsis 5. The Progressive Intellectuals: Logics Behind the PIDG 6. The Progressive Intellectuals: Risk Analysis of Documents 7. Conclusion

O autorze

Piers R. Williamson is an Associate Professor at Hokkaido University, Japan.