Roundtable Discussion of Jennifer Lind'SSorry States: Apologies in International Politics
| Autor: | Jennifer Lind, Mike M. Mochizuki, Thomas U. Berger, Charles L. Glaser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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International relations Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences World War II Threat perception Relative weight 06 humanities and the arts Development Security studies 0506 political science 060104 history Law Perception Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration 0601 history and archaeology Sociology Economic interdependence media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of East Asian Studies. 9:337-368 |
| ISSN: | 2234-6643 1598-2408 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1598240800006706 |
| Popis: | How can Japan put its past behind? Scholars, journalists, and activists frequently argue that Japan cannot solve its “history problem” unless it follows West Germany's lead in offering contrition for World War II violence. Into this debate, Jennifer Lind'sSorry States: Apologies in International Politicsoffers an original and provocative contribution. Lind argues that while countries should acknowledge past atrocities, frequent public apologies can be domestically polarizing and diplomatically counterproductive.Sorry Statesoutlines a theory of remembrance and threat perception and tests it in a comparative study of Japanese-South Korean and Franco-German relations after World War II. Its methods, data, and findings will interest not only East Asianists, but also scholars of international reconciliation and security studies more broadly. This roundtable presents three critical essays in addition to a response by the author. They discuss the mechanisms through which historical memory influences perceptions of threat, the relative weight of ideational versus material factors in threat perception, and whether changes in international norms and economic interdependence may increasingly pressure countries to confront past violence. |
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