Four Types of Japanese Regional Policy in the Perspective of Liberal Intergovernmentalism
- Authors
- Son, Jung Wook; Lee, Danbi
- Issue Date
- Aug-2022
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- Japanese regional policy; liberal intergovernmentalism; regionalism; East Asia; Japan
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, v.57, no.5, pp.964 - 981
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
- Volume
- 57
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 964
- End Page
- 981
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/87017
- DOI
- 10.1177/00219096211049165
- ISSN
- 0021-9096
- Abstract
- What are the determinants of Japan's regional policies? This article argues that Japan's regional policy is the result of the government's strategic choice made through processes of domestic and international bargaining. Based on liberal intergovernmentalism, this article focuses on the level of domestic preferences for East Asia and the threat of China. In the first stage, the preference of the Prime Minister and political winning-coalition groups matter. In the second stage, the level of the threat of China is a pivotal variable. In combining these two variables, the article proposes the following four types of ideal regional policies for Japan: (1) pro-East Asia policy; (2) expanded-Asia policy; (3) interactive policy; and (4) reactive policy. To substantiate this idea, the article traces Japan's regional policy trajectory from the Yoshida Cabinet to the Hatoyama Cabinet. An in-depth case study shows that Japanese cabinets vary in their regional policies in the way this article expected from each ideal type based on liberal intergovernmentalism.
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