Japan And The Reconstruction Of East Asia (international Political Economy Series)

Dominic Kelly analyzes Japanese policies designed to lead to the reconstruction of East Asia. He presents a detailed picture of Japanese activity in East Asia in the areas of production, finance, security, and knowledge, and maps out the historical context upon which this activity rests. Kelly sheds light on the increasingly powerful but imperfectly understood phenomenon of regionalism. He goes on to identity the major fault line situated beneath both theoretical accounts of Japanese regionalism and "real world" predictions of its success or failure. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 11 Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 13 Maps of the region......Page 16 1 Introduction: Japan in the New World Order......Page 18 Part I Theory......Page 28 2 Historical Materialism, World Order and ‘New IPE’ Theory......Page 30 Part II History and Society......Page 48 3 1945–1960: Occupation and Aftermath......Page 50 4 1960–Present: Fracture and Response......Page 71 Part III Contemporary Political Economy......Page 82 5 Mapping Japan’s Role in East Asia: Production......Page 84 6 Mapping Japan’s Role in East Asia: Finance......Page 106 7 Mapping Japan’s Role in East Asia: Security......Page 123 8 Mapping Japan’s Role in East Asia: Knowledge......Page 145 9 Conclusion......Page 166 Notes......Page 176 Bibliography......Page 222 Index......Page 251 Annotation "Dominic Kelly has written a fascinating study of Japanese policies designed to lead to the reconstruction of East Asia. He presents a detailed picture of Japanese activity in East Asia in the areas of production, finance, security and 'knowledge', and maps the historical context on which this activity rests. In doing so, Kelly sheds light on the increasingly powerful but imperfectly understood phenomenon of regionalism. He goes on to identify the major fault-lines situated beneath both theoretical accounts of Japanese regionalism as well as 'real-world' predictions of its success or failure."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Dominic Kelly has written a fascinating study of Japanese policies designed to lead to the reconstruction of East Asia. He presents a detailed picture of Japanese activity in East Asia in the areas of production, finance, security and 'knowledge', and maps out the historical context upon which this activity rests. In doing so, Kelly sheds light on the increasingly powerful but imperfectly understood phenomenon of regionalism. He goes on to identity the major fault line situated beneath both theoretical accounts of Japanese regionalism and 'real world' predictions of its success or failure. This book investigates the unfolding process of regionalism and regionalisation in East Asia, focussing on the leading role being played by Japan.