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This book examines Japan's development assistance as it transitions away from "Official Development Assistance" and towards "Development Cooperation." Written by a multidisciplinary team of contributors from the fields of poltical science, development, economics, and Japan studies, it captures the essence of Japan's role in an era of great change.
List of contents
1. Global Change: Japan’s Role in the Making of a New Aid Architecture
2. The Peculiarities of Japan’s ODA and the Implications for African Development
3. Aligning Policy with Practice: Japanese ODA and Normative Values
4. The Development Cooperation Paradigm Under the "New Partnership" and its Implications for Japan’s Aid
5. The Securitization of Japan’s ODA: New Strategies in Changing Regional and Domestic Contexts
6. The US Pivot to Asia and Japan’s Development Cooperation Charter
7. Japanese ODA and The Challenge of Chinese Aid in Africa
8. The Changing Global Aid Architecture: An Opportunity for Japan to Play a Proactive Global Role?
9. Comparing Japan and the European Union: The Development Cooperation Policies of Two Civilian Powers
10. Network-based Development Cooperation as a Way Forward for Japan
11. The Impact of Public Opinion on Japan’s Aid Policy: Before and After the New Development Assistance Charter
12. An Asian Aid Paradigm: Japan Leading from Behind
About the author
André Asplund is a Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer at the Program in Japanese Politics and Diplomacy, Yale University, USA.
Marie Söderberg is a Professor and the Director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Summary
This book examines Japan’s development assistance as it transitions away from "Official Development Assistance" and towards "Development Cooperation." Written by a multidisciplinary team of contributors from the fields of poltical science, development, economics, and Japan studies, it captures the essence of Japan’s role in an era of great change.
