Identity change and foreign policy : Japan and its ' others '

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hagstrom, Linus (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , c2016
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Japan and identity change: why it matters in International Relations
  • 2. The persistence of reified Asia as reality in Japanese foreign policy narratives
  • 3. Shimane Prefecture, Tokyo and the territorial dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima: regional and national identities in Japan
  • 4. The North Korean abduction issue: emotions, securitisation and the reconstruction of Japanese identity from 'aggressor' to 'victim' and from 'pacifist' to 'normal'
  • 5. The rise of the Chinese 'Other' in Japan's construction of identity: Is China a focal point of Japanese nationalism?
  • 6. Identity and recognition: remembering and forgetting the post-war in Sino-Japanese relations
  • 7. International and domestic challenges to Japan's postwar security identity: 'norm constructivism' and Japan's new 'proactive pacifism'