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
Yukiko Nishikawa is Professor at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan
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