Japan's security agenda : military, economic, and environmental dimensions / Christopher W. Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Christopher W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Japan.

National security.

Human ecology--Japan.

Human ecology.

Japan--Military policy.

Japan.

Japan--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.

Summary:

Explores the full range of Japan's security concerns and policies, both in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.

Contents:

Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Japan and East Asian Security; Approaches; Contribution; Structure; Chapter 1- Security Concepts: A Multidimensional Framework; Definitions of Security; Security Actors: Referent Objects; Substate and Nonstate Groupsas Referent Objects of Security; Security Actors: Deniers and Suppliers of Security; The Military Security Dimension; The Economic Security Dimension; The Environmental Security Dimension; Approaches to Achieving Security; Capacity:Political/Diplomatic, Military, and Economic Power

Conclusion: The Complex Security Agendaand Comprehensive ResponsesChapter 2- East Asia's Cold War Security Agenda; East Asian Security Dynamics; Decolonization and the Political Economy; Decolonization and Bipolarization; Security Actors, Threats, and Responses; Conclusion: East Asia and Japan'sEmerging Comprehensive Security Agenda; Chapter 3- East Asia's Contemporary Security Agenda; East Asian Security Dynamics; Table 3.1 GDP Growth Rates in East Asia, 1996-2000; Security Actors, Threats, and Responses; Conclusion: A Comprehensive Security Agenda

Chapter 4- Japan's Comprehensive Security Policies in the Cold War EraJapanese Conceptions of Security; Japanese Security Policyin the Immediate Postwar Period; Japan's Cold War Strategic Security Interests; Japan's Cold War Military Security Policy; Japan's Cold War Military Security Policy; Japan's Cold War Economic Security Policy; Japan's Cold War Environmental Security Policy; Conclusion:Japan's Emerging Comprehensive Security Policy; Chapter 5- Japan's Contemporary Military Security Policy; Japanese Security Debates in the Post-Cold War Period

Japan's Post-Cold War Security Threat PerceptionsJapan's Military Security Policyin the Post-Cold War Period; Japan's Bilateral Military Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Period; Table 5.1 Functions and Fields and Examples of Items of Cooperation in Areas Surrounding Japan Under the Revised 1997 DefenseGuidelines; Japan's Multilateral Military Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Period; Box 5.1 Military Exchanges Between Japan and South Korea(ROK), 1979-2001; Box 5.2 Military Exchanges Between Japan and ASEAN, 1988-2002; Box 5.3 Military Exchanges Between Japan and China (PRC),1985-2000

Conclusion: Japan as a "Normal" Military Power?Chapter 6- Japan's Contemporary Economic and Environmental Security Policy; Economic Security Threat Perceptions and Responses; Table 6.1 Reports of Armed Robbery and Hijacking Piratical Incidents Toward Japanese-Related Shipping, 1989-2001; Environmental Security ThreatPerceptions and Responses; Conclusion: Japan as a Multidimensional Security Actor; Chapter 7- Conclusion: The Trajectory of Japanese Security Policy; Japan's Trajectory and Effectiveness as a Security Actor in East Asia and Globally; Acronyms; References; Index; About the Book

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-375-2

OCLC:

1334343652