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ID165980
Title ProperRethinking Japan in mainstream international relations
LanguageENG
AuthorBuzan, Barry ;  Koyama, Hitomi
Summary / Abstract (Note)Located geographically in the East, but often identified with the West, Japan’s role as a world power over the last century and a half remains curiously inconsistent in mainstream international relations (IR). By examining Japan’s often under-appreciated role in the international history of wealth and power, we argue that this tells us more about the distorting impact on IR theory of Eurocentrism and realism than it tells us about Japan’s role in world history. Symptomatic of these distortions are Japan's exclusion from or marginalization within, the first round of modernization before 1914, and the accompanying under-recognition of its role as a model and hub for Northeast Asia’s capitalist development. Also occluded is Japan’s key post-1945 role in both underpinning America’s superpower status, and promoting the capitalist world order in Asia. Mainstream IR theory provides poor foundations for both academic and policy analysis of Japan’s important world role.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 19, No.2; 2019: p.185–212
Journal SourceInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol: 19 No 2
Key WordsJapan ;  International Relations


 
 
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