Temporal Identities and Security Policy in Postwar Japan

ISBN-13: 9781138331709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 222 str.

Ulv Hanssen

Opis

Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar period, whilst providing an explanation for the much-debated security policy changes under Abe Shinzō.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and theory 

2. Two competing security discourses, 1945–1960 

3. Hypothetical enemies, 1960–1970 

4. The historic experiment: Refusing to become a great military power, 1970–1980 

5. The emergence of the normal nation discourse, 1980–1990 

6. Discursive rise and fall, 1990–2000 

7. Japan as a responsible member of the international community, 2000–2010 

8. Breaking out of the postwar regime, 2010–2019 

9. Conclusion

O autorze

Ulv Hanssen is a lecturer at Soka University, Japan, and an associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. His research interests include identity in postwar Japan and Japan’s international relations.