Democratic Representation in Japanese Defense Spending: Does Public Sentiment Really Matter?

Japan’s level of defense spending relative to the size of its economy has been anomalously low among the major industrialized countries. Much of the literature on Japan’s national security suggests that antimilitarist public sentiment constraints Japanese defense budgeting. A substantial amount of r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takao, Yasuo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15070