Robert D Eldridge

Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism - The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication Robert D Eldridge

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "This volume uses comprehensive polling data and media content analysis to demonstrate the shift in Japanese public opinion from broad pacifism to defensive realism over the past decade. The authors offer a nuanced assessment of both the strategic significance of that change and the continued constraints on Japan's military role." - Michael J. Green, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, and Japan Chair, CSIS, Georgetown University; author of "Japan's Reluctant Realism" (2000). Review Quotes:"The portrait presented of Japanese political opinion and communication manifests considerable diversity"--"Pacific Affairs""This volume uses comprehensive polling data and media content analysis to demonstrate the shift in Japanese public opinion from broad pacifism to defensive realism over the past decade. The authors offer a nuanced assessment of both the strategic significance of that change and the continued constraints on Japan's military role." - Michael J. Green, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, and Japan Chair, CSIS, Georgetown University; author of "Japan's Reluctant Realism" (2000). Review Quotes:?The portrait presented of Japanese political opinion and communication manifests considerable diversity?--"Pacific Affairs"?This volume uses comprehensive polling data and media content analysis to demonstrate the shift in Japanese public opinion from broad pacifism to defensive realism over the past decade. The authors offer a nuanced assessment of both the strategic significance of that change and the continued constraints on Japan?s military role.? ? Michael J. Green, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, and Japan Chair, CSIS, Georgetown University; author of "Japan?s Reluctant Realism" (2000). Biographical Note: Robert Eldridge is Associate Professor at the Osaka School of International Public Policy. Paul Midford is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Table of Contents: List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction / Robert D. Eldridge, Paul Midford -- 1. Japanese Mass Opinion toward the War on Terrorism / Paul Midford -- 2. Framing the Japanese Homeland Security Debate: Mass Media and Public Opinion / Stephanie A. Weston -- 3. Japan's Insider and Outsider Media Discourse about the SDF Dispatch to Iraq / Mark Hollstein -- 4. Japanese Political Parties Face Public Opinion: Leading, Responding, or Ignoring? / Paul Midford, Paul D. Scott -- 5. Japanese Intellectuals and Public Opinion in the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge, Chijiwa Yasuaki -- 6. Japanese Civil Society, NGOs, and Spatialized Politics: Mobilizing Public Opinion and the War in Iraq / Paul D. Scott -- 7. Public Opinion in a Base Community: Okinawa and the War on Terrorism / Robert D. Eldridge -- Conclusions / Robert D. Eldridge, Paul Midford -- Bibliography -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Contributors argue that the events of 9-11 and the subsequent 'War on Terrorism' have had a major impact on Japan.

Contributor Bio:  Eldridge, Robert D Robert Eldridge is as the deputy assistant chief of staff for Marine Corps Installations Pacific. He is the co-editor and translator of Fighting Spirit.