| Description |
1 online resource (531 pages) |
| Series |
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series |
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Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Theoretical background; Risk theories; Risk as a rationality of governance; Foucault; What is the rationality of 'risk'?; Luhmann and Beck; Acceptable risk; Douglas; IR theory; Constructivism; Securitization and risk; 'Threat' versus 'Risk'; Conclusion; Notes; Part I: The policymakers; 2. Logics behind the bilateral relationship; Occupation policy and the 'Kokutai'; From the MacArthur notes to article 9; The US-Japan military alliance |
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The 'Yoshida Doctrine'The 1960 mutual security treaty; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Risk analysis of government documents; Preamble to the constitution (see Appendix A); Article 9 (see Appendix B); The 1951 security treaty (see Appendix C); The 1954 self defence forces law (see Appendix D); The 1957 basic policy on national defence (see Appendix E); The 1960 mutual security treaty (see Appendix F); Conclusion; Notes; Part II: The Progressive Intellectuals; 4. Continuous resistance as modern development; Brief historical synopsis; The 'prewar' era; The 'postwar' era; Conclusion; Notes |
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5. Logics behind resistanceThe struggle for history; War responsibility and the 'community of regret'; Postwar Nationalism; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Risk analysis of PIDG statements; Statement on War and Peace by Japanese Scientists (see Sekai, July 1985, for all statements); Statement on the Peace Treaty Problem by the PIDG; On Peace, for the Third Time; Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion; The theoretical argument; Why risk, not threat?; Why securitization?; What is risk?; What are the methodological assumptions?; What happened between 1945 and 1960?; What was the structure of the book? |
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Final observationsLimitations and future agenda; Appendix A: Preamble to the constitution; Appendix B: Article 9 and Article 1; Appendix C: 1951 Security Treaty between the United States and Japan; Appendix D: 1954 Self Defence Forces Law; Appendix E: 1957 Basic Policy on National Defence; Appendix F: 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Since the early 1990s, there has been an emphasis in international relations theory on the shift from a Cold War rationality of 'threat', to a post-Cold War rationality of 'risk'. However, in Risk and Securitization in Japan, 1945-1960, Piers R. Williamson argues that this assumption of a shift in rationality stems from a fundamental failure to distinguish between the concepts of threat and risk. By clarifying the concepts of threat and risk, this book challenges the prevailing hypothesis of a shift from threat to risk with the end of the Cold War, and in doing so presents a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135088996 |
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1135088993 |
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