| Project/Area Number |
12490002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
FURUYA Jun Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Law, Professor, 大学院・法学研究科, 教授 (90091488)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOYONAGA Ikuko Kyushu Univ., Grad. School of Law, Associate Professor, 大学院・法学研究院, 助教授 (10217581)
KUBO Fumiaki Keio Univ., Fac. Of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (00126046)
OTSURU Chieko Kitagawa, Kansai Univ., Fac. Of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (20194219)
ENDO Yasuo Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (50194048)
KANO Hiroyoshi Univ. of Tokyo, Inst. Of Oriental Culture., Professor, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (00134635)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | Americanization / globalization / nationalism / democracy / development / regional integration / human rights / World Bank |
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| Research Abstract |
The main and general purpose of this project was twofold : first, to analyze the distinction between "Americanization" and "globalization" as a universal socio-economic and cultural phenomenon ; second, to analyze the tension between nationalism and American influence in certain regions and countries. Each participant in this project has conducted research into this general topic and collected pertinent material in hish/her own field.
We divided the entire project into four sub-categories : the origins of Americanization ; the characteristics of American hegemony in global political economy : the relations between the formation of global civil society and Americanism ; and the new tasks and possibility of area studies under the global influence of Americanization.
After two and half years of individual research on these subjects, we held an international symposium at Sapporo in August 2002 for the purpose of integrating our perspectives and achieving a broader view of the general topic o
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f this project. In making allowances for te sheer scale of the topic, we can hardly say we have exhausted it of reached a definitive answer. Yet we did reach several tentative agreements for further investigation into the phenomena of Americanization and globalization.
First, the internationalization of the project of Americanization already started in the 1920s. Therefore the roots of American hegemony in international political economy go back further in world history and American history than is usually thought. Second, although Americanism as a kind of "universal culture" does not always coincide with the global market economy based on liberal capitalism, both trends collaborae closely in fighting against parochial nationalisms and in standardizing the global society. Finally, the sea change occurring in international society requires area studies as an academic field to transform themselves in order to grasp not only national and local affairs but also the meaning of universal influences on them. Less
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