{"product_id":"normalizing-japan-9780804700290","title":"Normalizing Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNormalizing Japan\u003c\/i\u003e explains how politics and identity have interacted in postwar Japan to shape Japans distinctive security practices, offering a useful framework for understanding the important change taking place in Japanese security policy today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Andrew Oros' contribution to constructivist literature through his challenging of realist theories of international relations and rationalist understandings of domestic politics combine to make \u003ci\u003eNormalizing Japan\u003c\/i\u003e an important addition to international relations and comparative politics scholarship . . . In sum, the value of this book is twofold. The first lies in its empirical richness and description of compromises reached among domestic and international actors, while the second reflects its contribution to constructivist theory through charting the institutionalisation and evolution of Japan's security identity.\" -- Christopher K. Lamont * \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNormalizing Japan\u003c\/i\u003e definitely moves the scholarly debate forward and provides useful analytical tools for anyone trying to disentangle rhetoric from reality in Japanese security policy.\" -- Michael J. Green * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Japanese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"It is clear that a tremendous amount of hard work and research went into the creation of this book .... Credit must be given to Oros for writing a book that is completely borderless with respect to sources, whether text or interviews; he represents a new breed of Japan specialists who operate with equal facility in Japan and in their own countries . . . This book should be required reading for current and aspiring Japan specialist in the arena of politics and security.\" -- Tosh Minohara * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies \u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A model of academic research \u003ci\u003eNormalizing Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is enhanced with seven major appendices, extensive notes, a 29-page bibliography, and a comprehensive index, making it an invaluable and strongly recommended addition to academic library Contemporary International Studies reference collections in general, and Japanese Governmental Studies reading lists in particular.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This thoughtful, carefully argued study challenges the many Chicken Littles who warn that Japan is ready to break free of its post-war constraints.\" -- Leonard Schoppa * University of Virginia *\u003cbr\u003e\"Andrew Oros has written an important book on one of the seminal questions in East Asian affairs. The character and impact of Japan's unique national security identity of antimilitarism--and its evolution today in a region where 'realist' forces are reasserting themselves is a challenging scholarly issue that also has real world significance. \u003ci\u003eNormalizing Japan\u003c\/i\u003e marshals impressive evidence to make careful and thoughtful arguments about the role of identity and history in Japanese national security decision making. The book is a welcome addition to a growing debate on the logic and pathways of Japan's postwar identity and foreign policy.\" -- G. John Ikenberry * Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-crafted and innovative study of contested national identity. Oros shows how Japan's security identity, despite significant material changes in the domestic and international environment, remains rooted in domestic anti-militarism. He offers empirical benchmarks to suggest that so far Japan is normalizing but not nationalizing or permanently pacifying.\" -- Henry R. Nau * George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\"This work effectively presents Japan's defensive orientation and practices as normal for the Japanese as they reflect the political negotiations and compromises that have shaped and continue to define the framework within which security decisions are made.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...Represents a fine example of the synergy that can be created by drawing upon the strengths of both area studies and discipline. In short, this book stands out as one of the best additions to the field over recent years and represents another excellent contribution to what is shaping up to be a fine series in Asian security studies under the sponsorship of the East-West Center.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS  List of Tables  List of Appendices   List of Acronyms   Preface   Introduction   A Shifting Wind in Japan Today?  The Argument in Brief  Defining Security Identity  Methods, Cases, and Evidence: Measuring Security Identity and Policy Shift  1.\tSecurity Identity and the Evolution of Security Practice: Explaining Policy  Change  Explaining Policy Change  Security Identities and Security Practice: Towards a General Framework  Structuring Japan's Security Practice: Explaining Continuity and Change  Complementary and Contending Explanations for Japanese Security Practice  2.\tNegotiating and Institutionalizing a New Postwar Security Identity  Competing Visions for Postwar Japan  Facing a New Postwar Environment at Home and Abroad  Early Party Politics Surrounding Japan's Future International Role  Creating a New Armed Forces and a New Security Identity  Domestic Antimilitarism and the U.S.-Japan Alliance  Cold War Security Politics under the Hegemony of Domestic Antimilitarism  3. \tReaffirming Core Principles in a \"Lost Decade\", 1989-1998  Confronting a New International and Domestic Environment  Adapting to New Challenges and Reaffirming Core Principles  Looking Forward, Looking Backward  4. \tLimiting Conflict through Arms Export Restrictions  The External Origins of the Arms Export Ban, 1945-1952  The Post-Occupation Policy of Restricted Arms Exports, 1952-1964  Institutionalizing Arms Export Restrictions, 1965-1979  New Challenges to Arms Export Restrictions, 1980-1989  The Limited Post-Cold War Evolution of Arms Export Restrictions  Conclusions: Security Identity and Evolving Arms Export Restrictions  5.\tThe Next Frontier: Keeping Outer Space \"Peaceful\"  International and Alliance Politics in Japan's Early Outer Space Policy  Domestic Political Issues Raised by Possible Japanese Activities in Outer Space  Growing Enthusiasm for Outer Space Activities  Identity Shift? The Decision to Deploy Surveillance Satellites  Conclusions: Security Identity and Evolving Use of Outer Space  6.\tMissile Defense, Alliance Politics, and Security Identity  U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Missile Defense: Past, Present...and Future?  Contending Explanations for Japan's Missile Defense Policy  External Actors, Missile Defense, and the Evolution of Japan's Security Identity  Missile Defense and the Politics of Security Identity  Looking Forward: Missile Defense and Japan's Evolving Security Practice  7.\tJapan's Security Identity and Security Practice in a New Century  Moves Beyond the \"Three Rs\" of Japanese Security Policymaking  A Resilient Security Identity in Post-Taepodong and Post 9\/11 Japan  Conceptualizing Change in Japan's Security Future  (Re)producing A 21st Century Security Identity  In Conclusion  Appendices  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405377577303,"sku":"9780804700290","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804700290.jpg?v=1730490467","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/normalizing-japan-9780804700290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}