Description: Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security by Paul Midford Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security argues that Japanese public opinion matters and has acted to prevent overseas military deployments involving combat while increasingly supportive of a more normal military establishment capable of autonomously defending Japanese territory. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of Japans military power, in which Japanese troops would fight alongside their American counterparts in various conflicts worldwide. Midford argues that Japanese public opinion has never embraced pacifism. It has, instead, contained significant elements of realism, in that it has acknowledged the utility of military power for defending national territory and independence, but has seen offensive military power as ineffective for promoting other goals-such as suppressing terrorist networks and WMD proliferation, or promoting democracy overseas.Over several decades, these realist attitudes have become more evident as the Japanese state has gradually convinced its public that Tokyo and its military can be trusted with territorial defense, and even with noncombat humanitarian and reconstruction missions overseas. On this basis, says Midford, we should re-conceptualize Japanese public opinion as attitudinal defensive realism. Author Biography Paul Midford is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology and Director of the Japan Program at the Norwegian University for Science and Technology in Trondheim. His books include Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism: Implications for Japans Security Strategy. Review "This book is an important textbook not just for students and scholars in international relations, political science, and Asian studies, but for policy makers in Japan and the United States as well. This book should be on the reading list of anyone wanting to understand the changes in Japans security policy over the last two decades and how it might influence Japans future security policy." - Alon Levkowitz, H-Net "The influence of public opinion on Japanese foreign and security policy has not been deeply studied up to this point. By providing a clearly structured and meticulous analysis of the problem Paul Midford has thereby done scholars of the "Japan puzzle" a valuable service... [This] volume represents the outstanding work on the topic of public opinion/security policy in Japan and is indispensible for specialists working in this area." - Thomas S. Wilkins, Pacific Affairs "[I]ndispensable ... Midfords book should be read by all scholars and students of Japanese security policy. It is path breaking, if not yet definitive, in setting out a systematic understanding of how Japanese public opinion can affect security policy and offers up another sophisticated categorization - one that other scholars must engage - of the trajectory of Japanese security policy in the shape of Defensive Realism." - Christopher W. Hughes, Journal of Japanese Studies "Midford needs to be praised for collecting such a large number of opinion data and bringing them together in an easy-to-read narrative, illustrating the shifts and changes in public opinion, the original and then changing government narrative, and how public attitudes shaped these changes ... Overall, this book is an important contribution not only to Japanese security studies, but also to the study of Japanese democracy." - Wilhelm M. Vosse, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific "Paul Midford has written a ground breaking study that provides vital perspective on a much neglected dimension of Japanese foreign and security policy making. At a time when confusion abounds over the long-term orientation of Japanese policy, Midfords study provides valuable insight on the underlying structures that set the parameters for decision makers in Tokyo. It deserves to be read by anyone interested in Japan, the international relations of East Asia, and US policy in the region." - Thomas U. Berger, Department of International Relations, Boston University Long Description In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of Japans military power, in which Japanese troops would fight alongside their American counterparts in various conflicts worldwide. Midford argues that Japanese public opinion has never embraced pacifism. It has, instead, contained significant elements of realism, in that it has acknowledged the utility of military power for defending national territory and independence, but has seen offensive military power as ineffective for promoting other goals--such as suppressing terrorist networks and WMD proliferation, or promoting democracy overseas. Over several decades, these realist attitudes have become more evident as the Japanese state has gradually convinced its public that Tokyo and its military can be trusted with territorial defense, and even with noncombat humanitarian and reconstruction missions overseas. On this basis, says Midford, we should re-conceptualize Japanese public opinion as attitudinal defensive realism. Review Quote "This book is an important textbook not just for students and scholars in international relations, political science, and Asian studies, but for policy makers in Japan and the United States as well. This book should be on the reading list of anyone wanting to understand the changes in Japans security policy over the last two decades and how it might influence Japans future security policy." Details ISBN0804772177 Author Paul Midford Short Title RETHINKING JAPANESE PUBLIC OPI Pages 272 Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804772177 ISBN-13 9780804772174 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint Stanford University Press Subtitle From Pacifism to Realism? Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2011-01-24 UK Release Date 2011-01-24 AU Release Date 2011-01-24 NZ Release Date 2011-01-24 US Release Date 2011-01-24 Series Studies in Asian Security Alternative 9780804772167 DEWEY 355.033052 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Illustrations 41 tables, 6 figures We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159450698;
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ISBN-13: 9780804772174
Book Title: Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: from Pacifism to Realism?
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Government
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 399 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Paul Midford
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
