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Unlike an imperial state, a hegemonic state, by definition, cannot use military force to ensure compliance with its policies. Hegemonsmust bargain with other states over vital issues. A hegemon’s power derives from the economic dependence of other states; the greater other states’ economic dependence on it, the more power the hegemon has over those states.
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See James Caporaso, ‘Dependence, Dependency and Power in the Global System: A Structural and Behavioral Analysis’, International Organization, 32 (Winter 1978), pp. 13–44, for a discussion of dependence and dependency. Caporaso has argued for a distinction between ‘dependence’ as a characteristic of a state’s position in the international sphere and ‘dependency’ as a syndrome of domestic distortions of development resulting from a pattern of penetration.
OECD Statistics, 1986, pp. 254, 258.
J. Panglaykim, ‘Economic Cooperation: Indonesian-Japanese Joint Ventures’, Asian Survey, p. 256, March 1978.
Reisuke Hayashi, ‘Japanese Views toward Foreigners’, Asia Pacific Community, Summer 1979, pp. 15–25, from ‘Japanese Investment in Thailand’, Asian Survey, April 1980.
Mustakim Aminuddin, ‘Glimpses of Japan’, Asia Pacific Community, Summer 1979, p. 13.
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Nester, W.R. (1990). Japanese Hegemony in East Asia: Economic Predominance and Political Impact. In: Japan’s Growing Power over East Asia and the World Economy: Ends and Means. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20282-9_4
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