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Author McCormack, Gavan, author

Title The state of the Japanese state : contested identity, direction and role / by Gavan McCormack
Published Folkestone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 256 pages)
Series Renaissance Books Asia Pacific series, 2396-8877 ; volume 4
Renaissance Books Asia Pacific series ; v. 4.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Improbable Package -- Chapter 2: The Client State -- Chapter 3: The Client State's Client State -- Chapter 4: Okinawa -- State Violence and Civic Resistance -- Table: Japan vs Okinawa, 1995-2018 -- Chapter 5: Around the East [China] Sea -- Chapter 6: The Construction State -- Chapter 7: The Constitutional State -- Chapter 8: The Rampant State -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Afterword -- Index
Summary Gavan McCormack's latest work argues that Abe Shinzo's efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his radicalism continues to shake the country and have consequences not easy to predict. Its significance will be recognized by those researching contemporary world politics, international relations and the history of modern Japan
Analysis china
corruption
diplomacy
north korea
okinawa
russia
vassalage to usa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- General.
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001180
Japan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069423
Japan -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140113
Subject Japan
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781898823728
1898823723