Japanese public opinion and the War on Terrorism / edited by Robert D. Eldridge and Paul Midford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eldridge, Robert D.

Midford, Paul.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Japan--Public opinion.

Terrorism.

Public opinion--Japan.

Public opinion.

Japan.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Public opinion.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism examines the effect the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States had on one of America's most important allies, Japan, as it struggles to define a post-Cold War role for itself in international security affairs. This study looks at Japanese mass opinion, the role of the Japanese media, both print and visual, in framing discourse on security, the response of political parties to public opinion, the position of Japanese intellectuals in the debate on the war on terrorism, civil society, and public opinion in Okinawa.

Contents:

Japanese mass opinion toward the War on Terrorism / Paul Midford

Framing the Japanese homeland security debate : mass media and public opinion / Stephanie A. Weston

Japan's insider and outsider media discourse about the SDF dispatch to Iraq / Mark Hollstein

Japanese political parties face public opinion : leading, responding, or ignoring? / Paul D. Scott and Paul Midford

Japanese intellectuals and public opinion in the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge and Chijiwa Yasuaki

Japanese civil society, NGOs, and spatialized politics : mobilizing public opinion and the war in Iraq / Paul D. Scott

Public opinion in a base community : Okinawa and the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0230606431

9780230606432

OCLC:

184925139

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