ISBN:
9781472525550
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p)
Series Statement:
SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
Parallel Title:
Print version Japan's Postwar Military and Civil Society : Contesting a Better Life
DDC:
306.2/7095209045
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Japan's so-called 'peace constitution' renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation, and bans the nation from possessing any war potential. Yet Japan also maintains a large, world-class military organization, namely the Self-Defence Forces (SDF). In this book, Tomoyuki Sasaki explores how the SDF enlisted popular support from civil society and how civil society responded to the growth of the SDF. Japan's Postwar Military and Civil Society details the interactions between the SDF and civil society over four decades, from the launch of rearmament in 1950. These interactions include recruit
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; Abbreviations; Maps; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Militarization in Democracy; The Peace Constitution and rearmament; Militarization as a useful concept; The SDF in Hokkaido and the US forces in Okinawa; Democracy as a background; Organization of the book; 1 A Promised Opportunity: The Self-Defense Forces in the Labor Market; Absorbing surplus population; Recruitment since the 1960s: old and new trends; Building a network; The volunteer army in capitalism; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Becoming an Army for the People: The Self-Defense Forces in Hokkaido CommunitiesThe idea of an army for the people; Colonial Hokkaido; Building and rescuing Hokkaido; Becoming service members; Settling service members in Hokkaido; Conclusion; 3 Peace in Dispute: Anti-Military Litigation and the Constitutionality of the Self-Defense Forces; The Eniwa case; Conceptualizing the right to live in peace; The Naganuma case; The aft ermath: the ruling reversed; Conclusion; 4 Overcoming Crises: The Emergence of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency
Description / Table of Contents:
The Defense Facilities Administration Agency as a mediatorThe New Improvement Law; Military town Chitose; Toward "harmony" and the institutionalization of objection; Conclusion; 5 "The Threat from the North": Fear-Mongering and the Making of Military Base Hokkaido; Formation of the northern threat; Reinforcing defense autonomy, silencing Hokkaido; A right-wing turn in national politics; Military base Hokkaido; Conclusion; CONCLUSION Where is Militarization Headed?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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