Japan's postwar military and civil society : contesting a better life /

"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 Sasak...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sasaki, Tomoyuki (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2015.
Colección:SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan.
Temas:
Civil-military relations > Japan.
Sociology, Military > Japan.
Hokkaido (Japan) > Defenses.
Hokkaido (Japan) > Politics and government.
Public opinion > Japan.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Japon.
Sociologie militaire > Japon.
Opinion publique > Japon.
Military history.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
Asian history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Armed Forces > Public opinion.
Armed Forces > Social aspects.
Civil-military relations.
Military policy > Social aspects.
Public opinion.
Sociology, Military.
Japan > Armed Forces > Social aspects.
Japan > Military policy > Social aspects.
Japan > Armed Forces > Public opinion.
Japan.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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 recruitment, civil engineering, disaster relief, anti-SDF litigation, state financial support for communities with bases, and a fear-mongering campaign against the Soviet Union. By examining these wide-range issues, the book demonstrates how the militarization of society advanced as the SDF consolidated its ideological and socio-economic ties with civil society and its role as a defender of popular welfare. While postwar Japan is often depicted as a peaceful society, this book challenges such a view, and illuminates the prominent presence of the military in people's everyday lives."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781474219440
1474219446
9781472529558
1472529553
1472525558
9781472525550
1472529642
9781472529640

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