Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism

List of contents

List of Figures & Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1 Pacifism and Political Sociology
2 Article 9 and the Constitution of Japan: The Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity
3 The Japan– US Security Alliance: The Underside of the Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity
4 Roots and Nature of Japanese Pacifism
5 Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism
6 Japan’s Contested Pacifism
Conclusion
Appendix I Constitution of Japan
Appendix II Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of America
Appendix III Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America
Index

Summary

This book comprehensively examines Japanese pacifism by fully examining the social forces in action. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, the book contributes to theoretical debates on political sociology as well as Japanese and Asian studies

Product details

• Authors: Yukiko Nishikawa, Yukiko (Nagoya University Nishikawa, Nishikawa Yukiko
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138058712
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05871-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Japan, Sociology, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political ideologies and movements, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General