1st Edition

Japan's International Democracy Assistance as Soft Power Neoclassical Realist Analysis

By Maiko Ichihara Copyright 2018
150 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

Japan has increasingly emphasized democracy assistance since the mid-2000s, such that it now constitutes a major part of Japan’s foreign policy. This approach is an ostensible departure from the country’s traditional foreign policy stance, which tries to avoid bringing values to the forefront of foreign policies. This book intends to answer the questions of why Japan has started emphasizing... Read more

Acknowledgement

Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: What is Democracy Assistance?

Chapter 3: Japan’s Democracy Assistance Policies and Practice

Chapter 4: International System-Level Factors

Chapter 5: Domestic-Level Factors

Conclusion

Bibliography

Biography

Maiko Ichihara is Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan