Journal of East Asian Studies articles from May 2005

Journal of East Asian Studies archives from May 2005

Public diplomacy and North Korea policy: diverging effects of U.S. messages in the United States and South Korea.
May 1, 2005... The Bush administration has pursued a new, hard-line approach to the current nuclear standoff with North Korea. In efforts to build public support from the American public as well as from its allies in the region, the Bush administration has...

Southeast Asia's hybrid regimes: when do voters change them?
May 1, 2005... Today many, governments that seek to perpetuate their power operate hybrid regimes, manipulating institutions yet holding regular elections. In this way, governments gain some legitimacy for their extended incumbency through the residual...

From technocracy to aristocracy: the changing career paths of Japanese politicians.
May 1, 2005... My study investigates whether there has been a relative decline in the position of the Japanese bureaucracy in their relationship with politicians in recent decades. My hypothesis is that the loss of bureaucratic influence has been a function...

Progress through setback or mired in mediocrity? Crisis and institutional change in Southeast Asia.
May 1, 2005... A well-developed thesis in political economy claims that crises create opportunities for change. Yet despite creating similar preferences for change, the Asian financial crisis led to reform of policies and institutions in some issue areas and...

International patterns in national identity content: the case of Japanese banknote iconography.
May 1, 2005... The present article suggests that expressions of Japanese identity may be more malleable and receptive to international influences than is usually thought. Through a study of the evolution of images printed on Japanese banknotes and of the...

Globalization and Human Rights.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Globalization and Human Rights. Edited by Alison Brysk. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 311 pp. What is the impact of globalization on human rights, and how has the idea and practice of human rights influenced the process of...

Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan. By Sabine Fruhstuck. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. 277 pp. In a recent interview, Ezra Vogel, one of the most prominent scholars on Japan and China, stated,...

Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture. By Young Whan Kihl. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 404 pp. Transforming Korean Politics is a book that is valuable to our understanding of the transformation of Korean society and...

Japanese Electoral Politics: Creating a New Party System.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Japanese Electoral Politics: Creating a New Party System. Edited by Steven R. Reed. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. 240 pp. Explaining election results is always an important and challenging task for political scientists, and a book that...

Banking on Multinationals: Public Credit and the Export of Japanese Sunset Industries.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... Banking on Multinationals: Public Credit and the Export of Japanese Sunset Industries. By Mireya Soils. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. 273 pp. Over the past three decades, the successes and failures of Japanese industrial...

Books received.
May 1, 2005... The books listed below were recently received by the editor and are available for review. General Ong, Aihwa. 2003. Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees/Citizenship/The New America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Roehrs, Mark D.,...