Britian and Japan in the Contemporary World provides up-to-date analyses of these two countries in terms of economics, politics, security and identity on the global, regional, subnational and civic levels.The book moves beyond an analysis of state-to-state relations between Britain and Japan by examining the role of civil society in the relationship and analyzing the way the two countries deal with common issues, such as the 'special relationship' both maintain with the US; the relationship with the continents that both of these island nations border; the question of the degree of decentralization to allow within their contested borders. Both countries also face the pressures of globalization, as seen by the responses of the global cities of London and Tokyo.The editors have brought a selection of top scholars in a collection of chapters aimed at examining the similarities and differences in the way Britian and Japan respond to issues of common concern on these different levels.
Author(s): Hugo Dobson
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 12
Notes on contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 16
List of abbreviations......Page 18
Introduction: Japan and Britain similarities, differences, and the future......Page 22
Japan and Britain in a historical future perspective......Page 39
The future of Anglo-America: the changing relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States......Page 61
Japan United States relations in the postwar years: the dilemma and problems of postwar Japanese diplomacy and their implications for the East Asian order......Page 74
Britain and Germany: defining the European order in the contemporary era......Page 103
Japan and China: new regionalism and the emerging East Asian order......Page 117
The United Kingdom and the euro: exchange rate stability but at what price?......Page 134
The East Asian economies after the financial crisis: a role for the Japanese yen?......Page 152
A Braveheart renaissance? Scottish identity and politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century......Page 171
Beyond hondo: devolution and Okinawa......Page 190
London as a global financial centre: problems and prospects in the new era......Page 207
Narrating a 'global city' for 'new Tokyoites': economic crisis and urban 'boosterism' in Tokyo......Page 217
Conclusion: Japan and Britain a common agenda for the twenty-first century?......Page 234
Glossary......Page 245
Index......Page 247
