| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 170 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies |
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Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.
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| Contents |
Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter OneIntroduction: Ghosts, Regionalism and Reconciliation -- Chapter TwoBloody History in Two Regions -- Chapter ThreeGermany and France: Creating Union -- Chapter FourJapan and South Korea: Enmity Between Allies -- Chapter FiveGermany and Poland: Enlarging the TentChapter SixJapan and China: Can't Buy Me Love -- Chapter SevenJanus-Faced Superpower: The U.S. Role in Different Regionalisms -- Chapter EightConclusion: The Healing Power of Institutions -- References |
| Summary |
Germany, which brutalized its neighbors in Europe for centuries, has mostly escaped the ghosts of the past, while Japan remains haunted in Asia. The most common explanation for this difference is that Germany knows better how to apologize; Japan is viewed as "impenitent." Walter F. Hatch rejects the conventional wisdom and argues that Germany has achieved reconciliation with neighbors by showing that it can be a trustworthy partner in regional institutions like the European Union and NATO; Japan has never been given that opportunity (by its dominant partner, the U.S.) to demonstrate such an ability to cooperate. This book rigorously defends the argument that political cooperation--not discourse or economic exchange--best explains Germany's relative success and Japan's relative failure in achieving reconciliation with neighbors brutalized by each regional power in the past. It uses paired case studies (Germany-France and Japan-South Korea; Germany-Poland and Japan-China) to gauge the effect of these competing variables on public opinion over time. With numerous charts, each of the four empirical chapters illustrates the powerful causal relationship between institution building and interstate reconciliation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on information from the publisher |
| Subject |
Reconciliation -- Japan
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Reconciliation -- Germany
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Diplomatic relations
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Reconciliation
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002010379
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054521
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| Subject |
Germany
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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| ISBN |
0472903101 |
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9780472903108 |
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