Japanese public opinion and the War on Terrorism
By: edited by Robert D. Eldridge and Paul Midford.
Contributors: Eldridge, Robert D.; Midford, Paul.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780230606432
Subjects: Terrorism -- Japan -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- Japan; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Public opinion
Description: In this volume the contributors argue that the events of 9-11 and the subsequent "war on terrorism" have had big implications for Japan. These events have called into question the assumptions and limits of Japan's war-renouncing constitution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Japanese mass opinion toward the War on Terrorism / Paul Midford; title: Framing the Japanese homeland security debate : mass media and public opinion / Stephanie A. Weston; title: Japan's insider and outsider media discourse about the SDF dispatch to Iraq / Mark Hollstein; title: Japanese political parties face public opinion : leading, responding, or ignoring? / Paul D. Scott and Paul Midford; title: Japanese intellectuals and public opinion in the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge and Chijiwa Yasuaki; title: Japanese civil society, NGOs, and spatialized politics : mobilizing public opinion and the war in Iraq / Paul D. Scott; title: Public opinion in a base community : Okinawa and the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge.