LEADER 03625nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910974751303321 005 20251116175647.0 010 $a0-429-23079-6 010 $a0-203-39148-9 010 $a1-280-07272-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251195 035 $a(EBL)171076 035 $a(OCoLC)437079015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300701 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238480 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300701 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260803 035 $a(PQKB)11694131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171076 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171076 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099827 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7272 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251195 100 $a20021009d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapan and United Nations peacekeeping $enew pressures, new responses /$fHugo Dobson 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aSheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-203-39200-0 311 08$a0-415-26384-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [170]-181) and index. 327 $aCover; Japan and United NationsPeacekeeping; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The remit of this book; Why peacekeeping?; Why Japan?; The structure of this book; 1 IR theory and Japan; Making sense of Japan's foreign policy; Realism; Liberalism; Japan's foreign policy-making processes and peacekeeping; Constructivism; Summary; 2 Norms and Japan; Introduction; Norms; Japan and norms; Peacekeeping as a norm; Summary; 3 The Cold War, 1956 to 1990; Introduction; Postwar rehabilitation; The 1980s; Summary 327 $a4 The Second Gulf WarIntroduction; A brief history of the Second Gulf War; The response of the international community; Japan's response; Summary; 5 Cambodia; Introduction; A brief history of the Cambodian conflict; Japan's contribution; Summary; 6 Post-UNTAC operations; Post-UNTAC; The changing norm of post-Cold War peacekeeping; Japan's response; Summary; 7 Conclusions; New pressures, new responses; The existence and importance of norms; Measuring norms; Summary; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $aJapan's postwar constitution in which the Japanese government famously renounced war forever has meant that the country has been reluctant, until recently, to commit its armed forces in the international arena. However, in the last decade or so, Japan has played a much more active role in peacekeeping and its troops have been deployed as part of UN forces in trouble spots as varied as the Gulf, Cambodia, the Golan Heights, Kosovo and the East Timor. This book examines these developments within the border context of international relations theory and changes in Japan's domestic and regional pol 410 0$aSheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon series. 606 $aPeacekeeping forces$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xArmed Forces$zForeign countries 615 0$aPeacekeeping forces 676 $a327.52 676 $a341.5/84 676 $a341.584 686 $a15.75$2bcl 686 $a89.72$2bcl 700 $aDobson$b Hugo$f1971-$01873091 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974751303321 996 $aJapan and United Nations peacekeeping$94494651 997 $aUNINA