02875nam 2200361 450 991063408470332120230517045949.0(CKB)5840000000218120(NjHacI)995840000000218120(EXLCZ)99584000000021812020230517d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGhosts in the Neighborhood why Japan is haunted by its past and Germany is not /Walter F. HatchAnn Arbor, Michigan :University of Michigan Press,2023.1 online resource (xii, 170 pages) illustrationsWeiser Center for Emerging Democracies series0-472-05576-3 Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter OneIntroduction: Ghosts, Regionalism and Reconciliation -- Chapter TwoBloody History in Two Regions -- Chapter ThreeGermany and France: Creating Union -- Chapter FourJapan and South Korea: Enmity Between Allies -- Chapter FiveGermany and Poland: Enlarging the TentChapter SixJapan and China: Can't Buy Me Love -- Chapter SevenJanus-Faced Superpower: The U.S. Role in Different Regionalisms -- Chapter EightConclusion: The Healing Power of Institutions -- References.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.GermanyForeign relations1945-943.087Hatch Walter F.1272456NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910634084703321Ghosts in the Neighborhood2996988UNINA