2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Has anti-militarist norm gone?: Japan's security policy and a domestic norm.
| Project/Area Number |
24653044
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Kansai Gaidai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 構成主義 / 国内規範 / 日本の安全保障政策 / 合理的選択 / 政策決定 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In 2011, the Japanese government partially eased the arms trade ban policy (the Three Principles) in place since 1967.The amendment of the ban is particularly notable in that the ban has been regarded as a hallmark of Japan's anti-militarism. The aim of the research was, by examining Japan's arms trade ban policy, to investigate whether the anti-militarist norm has been a driving factor for Japan’s security policy, and if not, what factors drove the successive governments to adopt, comply and mitigate the ban. While constructivists argue that Japan's security policy has been greatly influenced by anti-militarist norm/culture/identity,the examination demonstrated that the government decisions were not driven by normative factors but cost/benefit calculations. Power balance between the norm entrepreneurs/protectors (the Japan Socialist Party and left wings) and norm takers(the government) affected not only the government decisions but also the regulative effect of the domestic norm.
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| Free Research Field |
社会科学
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