Understanding Modern Japan

A Political Economy of Development, Culture and Global Power
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7619-6196-3
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

This text provides a wide-ranging overview of the development experience of Japan within Pacific Asia and the wider global political system. P W Preston maps Japan's shift into the modern world through a series of breaks in which Japanese polity was embedded within the wider dynamics of political-cultural and geo-economic change in the developing global system. He then charts Japan's particular development experience through four distinct historical phases before exploring the major issues in the study of modern Japan. The book examines the prospects for an increasingly integrated regional bloc in Pacific Asia in relation to the United States and the European Union. A number of underlying themes include the intellectually contested nature of Pacific Asia, the extent to which it is possible to speak of a distinctive model of development, and the implications of Japan's rise to regional and global power for future political and policy analysis. Understanding Modern Japan will be essential reading for all students and researchers seeking a deeper understanding of the contemporary Japan, Pacific Asia and the dynamics of global politics more broadly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preston, Peter W

Preston

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Historical Development Experience of Japan
Japan and the Shift to the Modern World
Tokugawa, Meiji and the Pursuit of the Project of Modernity
Locating Japan within the Modern World
Success, Instability and Competing Political-Cultural Projects
Imperial Japan
Expansion and the Project of Empire in Asia
Japan in the Contemporary World
The Political-Cultural Project of Economic Nationalism
The Japanese Model
Success Debated, Celebrated and Disputed
Japan and the Development of Pacific Asia
Trade, Aid and Foreign Direct Investment in the Project of Comprehensive Security
Japan, Pacific Asia and the Tripolar Global System
The Regional Context of Contemporary Political-Cultural Projects
Contemporary Japan
Crisis, Disputed Understandings and Readjustment

Über Autor(innen)

Preston, Peter W
P W Preston is Reader in Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His recent publications include Political/Cultural Identity (1997) and Pacific Asia in the Global System (1998).