Japan and Germany as regional actors : evaluating change and continuity after the Cold War / Alexandra Sakaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakaki, Alexandra, author.

Series:

Politics in Asia

Politics in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative government.

Japan--Foreign relations--1989-.

Japan.

Germany--Foreign relations--1990-.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The end of the Cold War and the bipolar era constituted a significant change in Germany's and Japan's foreign policy settings, granting both countries greater leeway to pursue policies divergent from Washington's strategy. This important book fills a gap in the existing literature by employing an explicitly comparative framework for analyzing and evaluating Germany's and Japan's post-Cold War regional foreign policy trajectories. Recent non-comparative studies diverge in their assessments of the extent to which the two countries' foreign policies are characterized by continuity or change, a

Contents:

Front Cover; Japan and Germany as Regional Actors; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and special terms; Introduction; 1. Theoretical and methodological frameworks; 2. Role conceptions in German and Japanese speeches; 3. German and Japanese missile defence policies; 4. Policies on textbook talks: comparing German-Polish and Japanese-South Korean dialogue; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-202) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-60621-6

9786613918666

1-136-25100-6

0-203-10478-1

9780203104781

OCLC:

811505993