Japan's China policy : a relational power analysis /
Linus Hagström.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps
- European institute of Japanese studies, East Asian economics and business series ; 7 .
Originally published in 2005 by Routledge.
Introduction : enigmatic power? -- Conceptual and analytical framework: relational power -- Empirical focus: Japan's China policy -- Case 1: negotiating investment protection -- Case 2: interaction over the Pinnacle Islands -- Conclusion: intelligible power.
Japan's China Policy understands Japan's foreign policy in terms of power - one of the most central concepts of political analysis. It contributes a fresh understanding to the subject by developing relational power as an analytical framework and by applying it to significant issues in Japan's China policy: the negotiations for a bilateral investment protection treaty and the disputed Pinnacle (Senkaku/Diaoyu) Islands. Hagström demonstrates that Japan exerted power over China in such divergent empirical settings for the most part by using civilian instruments positively.