Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan

David Leheny

Published by Cornell University Press 2009

Think Global, Fear Local

Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan

David Leheny

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501727580

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About this book

Leheny uses Japan's crackdown on child prostitution and its counterterrorist policy to argue that international norms can serve as political tools, allowing states to enhance their coercive authority.

Author / Editor information

David Leheny is Henry Wendt III '55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of The Rules of Play: National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure, also from Cornell.

Reviews

T. J. Pempel, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley:

Insightful social science is rarely such fun. Think Global, Fear Local reveals how broadly accepted global norms against child prostitution and terrorism get transformed by anxiety-ridden Japanese policy makers into powerful weapons used to attack peripheral, though admittedly vexing, domestic demons. Leheny's wry wit and Runyonesque characterizations make this a delicious romp through the back alleys of contemporary Japan in the quest to learn how 'good norms go bad.' Read this book; you won't be disappointed.

Kay Warren, Brown University:

David Leheny's brilliant book shows how global norms are transformed in Japan by officials in the law enforcement and security fields who seek expanded state powers to target national problems and offer credible solutions. This analysis reveals the cultural politics through which solutions resonate with and amplify local constructions of threats, anxieties, villains, and scapegoats. Leheny's fascinating analysis at the interface of political science and anthropology makes a compelling case for constructionist approaches to transnationalism.

Takashi Inoguchi, Chuo University:

David Leheny's book vividly illustrates how vague and not-so-vague fear is pervasive in post-Cold War and post-9/11 Japanese society.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
JAPANESE TERMS AND CDNVENTIDNS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Chapter One. Fear, Norms, and Politics in Contemporary Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two. A "Vague Anxiety" in 1990' s Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter Three. "Whatever It Is, It's Bad, So Stop It" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Chapter Four. Guidance, Protection, and Punishment in Japan's Child Sex Laws Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Chapter Five. Trust in Japan, Not in Counterterrorism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter Six. The Self-Fulfilling Afterthought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter Seven. Local Scapegoats and Other Unintended Consequences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 7 halftones, 1 chart/graph
Keywords: Asian Studies; Sociology & Social Science

eBook

Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501727580