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Mason, Ra 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4950-9516
(2023)
Layered Security on Okinawa:Reconciling International, National, and Subnational Narratives.
In:
Japan's Security Policy.
Politics in Asia
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Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 117-139.
ISBN 9781032139531
Abstract
Lying between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei and hosting more than 74% of American military bases in Japan, Okinawa has often been referred to as the ‘Keystone of the Pacific’ within regional security narratives. This is primarily because of its geo-strategically pivotal position along the so-called ‘first island chain’, separating the Western Pacific and East China Sea, and its historically contested political status as a former tributary of China, colony of Japan and protectorate of the United States (US). Amid this checkered history, the chapter below reexamines regional security issues from a layered perspective. In so doing, it critically interrogates how Okinawa has been (mis)understood, (re)constructed, and (re)framed across intersecting international, national and sub-national (local) spheres as a means to shape respective policies under the reasoning or pretext of security, be that in geo-military, socio-economic, environmental or other terms. This is facilitated by adopting an interpretive case study methodology to a broad range of qualitative data. Facilitated through a synthesis of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and risk-based theories of International Relations (IR) , the discussion reveals how the intersections between key actors, such as ministers of state, political parties, mass media, commercial interests (private-sector businesses), local government and a diverse range of activists, have created a highly complex and asymmetrical tapestry of security layers, articulated via competing and contradictory narratives.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | social sciences(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Area Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Centre for Japanese Studies |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2022 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 10:46 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/89337 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003231653-7 |
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