History Education and International Relations

A Case Study of Diplomatic Disputes Over Japanese Textbooks
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-905246-68-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

This is the first in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks as the principal case study. The author argues that despite a widespread recognition that our grasp of history has some relevance to our views and attitudes towards foreign countries and peoples, ergo ultimately its impact on national policy, there appears to be little coherent discussion of such a significant topic and its practical applications in the field of International Relations. This study, therefore, develops a conceptual framework and directs attention to the factors which predetermine the perceptions and attitudes of the public and policy-makers and in doing so searches for the roots of their world view. The book addresses the following issues: Government Influence on the Domestic Educational Environment; The Domestic Environment and its Interaction with the External Environment; History Education in Practice: A case of Japan; The Japanese History Textbook Disputes in the Asian Context (Parts I and II); Twenty-five Years On – The Task of Coming to Terms with the Past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mutsumi, Hirano

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Government influences and the domestic educational environment; 3 The domestic environment and its interaction with the external environment; 4 History education in Japan; 5 The Japanese history textbook disputes in the 1980s (Part I); 6 The Japanese history textbook disputes in the 1980s (Part II); 7 Twenty-five years on - cross-border interactions in historical knowledge; 8 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mutsumi Hirano is a visiting research fellow at the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her Ph.D. at the International Relations Department, LSE. Her writings include 'Sino-Japanese Relations at the Turn of Century' (The International Spectator) and 'Whither Japan's Foreign Policy?' (forthcoming working paper, ARC/LSE). Her research interests are International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, Japan’s regional and international relations since 1945 and Japan’s foreign policy behaviour and its foreign policy issues. As a researcher in the financial sector, she also writes on Asian politics and economies for institutional investors.