03377nam 2200529 450 991063287930332120220923071644.00-472-90310-110.3998/mpub.11683923(CKB)5710000000095462(NjHacI)995710000000095462(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11683923(MiAaPQ)EBC7144684(Au-PeEL)EBL7144684(OCoLC)1354208952(EXLCZ)99571000000009546220220923h20232023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGhosts in the neighborhood why Japan is haunted by its past and Germany is not /Walter F. Hatch1st ed.Ann Arbor, Michigan :University of Michigan Press,2023.©20231 online resource (xii, 170 pages) illustrationsWeiser Center for Emerging Democracies0-472-07576-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- One. Introduction: Ghosts, Regionalism, and Reconciliation -- Two. Bloody History in Two Regions -- Three. Germany and France: Creating Union -- Four. Japan and South Korea: Enmity between Allies -- Five. Germany and Poland: Enlarging the Tent -- Six. Japan and China: Can't Buy Me Love -- Seven. Janus-Faced Superpower: The U.S. Role in Different Regionalisms -- Eight. The Healing Power of Institutions -- Notes -- References -- Index.Germany, which brutalized its neighbors in Europe for centuries, has mostly escaped the ghosts of the past, while Japan remains haunted in Asia. The most common explanation for this difference is that Germany knows better how to apologize; Japan is viewed as "impenitent." Walter F. Hatch rejects the conventional wisdom and argues that Germany has achieved reconciliation with neighbors by showing that it can be a trustworthy partner in regional institutions like the European Union and NATO; Japan has never been given that opportunity (by its dominant partner, the U.S.) to demonstrate such an ability to cooperate. This book rigorously defends the argument that political cooperation--not discourse or economic exchange--best explains Germany's relative success and Japan's relative failure in achieving reconciliation with neighbors brutalized by each regional power in the past. It uses paired case studies (Germany-France and Japan-South Korea; Germany-Poland and Japan-China) to gauge the effect of these competing variables on public opinion over time. With numerous charts, each of the four empirical chapters illustrates the powerful causal relationship between institution building and interstate reconciliation.Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.ReconciliationJapanReconciliationGermanyJapanForeign relations1945-GermanyForeign relations1945-ReconciliationReconciliation741.5973Hatch Walter F.1272456EYMEYMBOOK9910632879303321Ghosts in the Neighborhood2996988UNINA