Deconstructing Japan's Image of South Korea: Identity in Foreign Policy [Hardcover]

What role does identity play in foreign policy? How might identity impact on Japan's relations with South Korea? This book takes identity theorizing in International Relations theory a step further by attempting to account for a resilient collective identity that informs policy makers throughout time and space.PART I: IDENTITY THEORISING IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND SOCIAL THEORY The Discourses of Identity in International Relations Theories Identity Representation and the Context of Interactions PART II: HISTORICAL ELABORATION OF JAPANESE COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND JAPANESE-KOREAN RELATIONS: 1875-1989 A Genealogy of Japanese Identity Representation Japanese-(South) Korean Relations in Historical Context PART III: JAPANESE-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS: 1990-1998 The Politics of Memory in the 1990s The Diplomatic Relations: 1990-1998 The Economic Context of Interactions in the 1990s

'...Deconstructing Japan's Image of South Korea is an original and innovative addition to the literature on Japan's international relations.' - International Journal of the Asia-Pacific