Japan and United Nations peacekeeping : new pressures, new responses / Hugo Dobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobson, Hugo, 1971-

Series:

Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon series.

Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peacekeeping forces--Japan.

Peacekeeping forces.

Japan--Armed Forces--Foreign countries.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Japan's postwar constitution in which the Japanese government famously renounced war forever has meant that the country has been reluctant, until recently, to commit its armed forces in the international arena. However, in the last decade or so, Japan has played a much more active role in peacekeeping and its troops have been deployed as part of UN forces in trouble spots as varied as the Gulf, Cambodia, the Golan Heights, Kosovo and the East Timor. This book examines these developments within the border context of international relations theory and changes in Japan's domestic and regional pol

Contents:

Cover; Japan and United NationsPeacekeeping; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The remit of this book; Why peacekeeping?; Why Japan?; The structure of this book; 1 IR theory and Japan; Making sense of Japan's foreign policy; Realism; Liberalism; Japan's foreign policy-making processes and peacekeeping; Constructivism; Summary; 2 Norms and Japan; Introduction; Norms; Japan and norms; Peacekeeping as a norm; Summary; 3 The Cold War, 1956 to 1990; Introduction; Postwar rehabilitation; The 1980s; Summary

4 The Second Gulf WarIntroduction; A brief history of the Second Gulf War; The response of the international community; Japan's response; Summary; 5 Cambodia; Introduction; A brief history of the Cambodian conflict; Japan's contribution; Summary; 6 Post-UNTAC operations; Post-UNTAC; The changing norm of post-Cold War peacekeeping; Japan's response; Summary; 7 Conclusions; New pressures, new responses; The existence and importance of norms; Measuring norms; Summary; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-181) and index.

ISBN:

0-429-23079-6

0-203-39148-9

1-280-07272-5

9780429230790

OCLC:

437079015