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Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism

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Editors:
  1. Robert D. Eldridge

    1. School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan

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  2. Paul Midford

    1. Department of Political Science and Sociology, Trondheim, Norway
      Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert D. Eldridge, Paul Midford
    Pages 1-10

  3. Japanese Mass Opinion toward the War on Terrorism

    • Paul Midford
    Pages 11-42

  4. Framing the Japanese Homeland Security Debate: Mass Media and Public Opinion

    • Stephanie A. Weston
    Pages 43-89

  5. Japan’s Insider and Outsider Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq

    • Mark Hollstein
    Pages 91-123

  6. Japanese Political Parties Face Public Opinion: Leading, Responding, or Ignoring?

    • Paul Midford, Paul D. Scott
    Pages 125-157

  7. Japanese Intellectuals and Public Opinion in the War on Terrorism

    • Robert D. Eldridge, Chijiwa Yasuaki
    Pages 159-184

  8. Japanese Civil Society, NGOs, and Spatialized Politics: Mobilizing Public Opinion and the War in Iraq

    • Paul D. Scott
    Pages 185-205

  9. Public Opinion in a Base Community: Okinawa and the War on Terrorism

    • Robert D. Eldridge
    Pages 207-233

  10. Conclusions

    • Robert D. Eldridge, Paul Midford
    Pages 235-258

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 259-265
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In this volume the contributors argue that the events of 9-11 and the subsequent "war on terrorism" have had big implications for Japan. These events have called into question the assumptions and limits of Japan's war-renouncing constitution.

Reviews

"The portrait presented of Japanese political opinion and communication manifests considerable diversity" - Pacific Affairs

"This volume uses comprehensive polling data and media content analysis to demonstrate the shift in Japanese public opinion from broad pacifism to defensive realism over the past decade. The authors offer a nuanced assessment of both the strategic significance of that change and the continued constraints on Japan s military role." - Michael J. Green, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, and Japan Chair, CSIS, Georgetown University; author of Japan s Reluctant Realism (2000).

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan

    Robert D. Eldridge

  • Department of Political Science and Sociology, Trondheim, Norway

    Paul Midford

  • Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Paul Midford

About the editors

ROBERT D. ELDRIDGE is Associate Professor at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, Japan.

PAUL MIDFORD is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

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