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