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Long live pacifism!: narrative power and Japan’spacifist model
Försvarshögskolan, Institutionen för statsvetenskap och juridik, Statsvetenskapliga avdelningen. Stockholms universitet, (SWE).ORCID-id: 0000-0001-9897-9891
Försvarshögskolan, Institutionen för säkerhet, strategi och ledarskap (ISSL), Statsvetenskapliga avdelningen.ORCID-id: 0000-0001-7495-055X
Soka University (JPN).
2019 (engelsk)Inngår i: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, ISSN 0955-7571, E-ISSN 1474-449X, Vol. 32, nr 4, s. 502-520Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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International relations research acknowledges that states can have different security policies but neglects the fact that ‘models’ may exist in the security policy realm. This article suggests that it is useful to think about models, which it argues can become examples for emulation or be undermined through narrative power. It illustrates the argument by analysing Japan’s pacifism—an alternative approach to security policy which failed to become an internationally popular model and, despite serving the country well for many years, has even lost its appeal in Japan. Conventional explanations suggest that Japan’s pacifist policies were ‘abnormal’, and that the Japanese eventually realized this. By contrast, this article argues that narratives undermined Japan’s pacifism by mobilizing deep-seated beliefs about what is realistic and unrealistic in international politics, and launches a counter-narrative that could help make pacifism a more credible model in world politics.

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2019. Vol. 32, nr 4, s. 502-520
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pacifism, narrative, power, Japan, security
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Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8633DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2019.1623174OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-8633DiVA, id: diva2:1327559
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Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, MMW2013.0162Tilgjengelig fra: 2019-06-19 Laget: 2019-06-19 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-18bibliografisk kontrollert

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