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These islands are ours : the social construction of territorial disputes in Northeast Asia / Alexander Bukh
VerfasserBukh, Alexander In der Gemeinsamen Normdatei der DNB nachschlagen In Wikipedia suchen nach Alexander Bukh
ErschienenStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020
Umfangxii, 209 Seiten : 1 Karte
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Literaturverzeichnis Seite 175-203
SerieStudies in Asian security
SchlagwörterTerritory, National / Social aspects / East Asia In Wikipedia suchen nach National / Social aspects / East Asia Territory / Nationalism / East Asia In Wikipedia suchen nach Nationalism / East Asia / East Asia / Boundaries In Wikipedia suchen nach East Asia / Boundaries / East Asia / Boundaries / Social aspects In Wikipedia suchen nach East Asia / Boundaries / Social aspects / East Asia / Foreign relations / Citizen participation In Wikipedia suchen nach East Asia / Foreign relations / Citizen participation / East Asia / Politics and government / 1945- In Wikipedia suchen nach East Asia / Politics and government / 1945-
ISBN978-1-5036-1189-4
ISBN978-1-5036-1190-0
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Zusammenfassung

"Territorial disputes are one of the main sources of tension in Northeast Asia. Disputes often arise out of a widely shared public perception that the region in question is of the utmost importance to the nation. That's frequently not the case, at least when it comes to socio-political and economic factors. The tiny and remote islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, for instance, have no such value. In fact, in the early 1960s, both Japanese and Korean negotiators recognized their insignificance and considered blowing them up rather than resolving their ownership. Today, citizens and groups in both countries have mounted sustained campaigns to protect the islets as the heart of the nation, forcing politicians who would rather ignore the islets altogether to take them into account in their bilateral relationship. Such disputes are taking place throughout the region and have wide-ranging domestic and international consequences.^

Focusing on non-state actors rather than political elites, Alexander Bukh explains how and why apparently inconsequential territories become central to national and nationalist discourse. These Islands Are Ours draws on a vast array of primary research in four languages, particularly reports produced by the actors, interviews, and governmental data to challenge conventional wisdom. Bukh shows that public campaigns centering on territorial disputes are not about the territory in question. Territorial disputes that were historically unimportant, can become salient when non-state actors bring the issue to the fore of domestic political discourse. This book studies the origins and transformation of such campaigns in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, finding that they originate during times of economic, social, or political crisis.^