研究成果

GIARI全体 & 経済統合とサステイナビリティ

研究:出版物:Working Papers 2010年度(英語-8,日本語-4)

Japan and Management of the Transatlantic Crisis: International Responses and Domestic Struggles / Takashi Terada and Bernard Ong

2011.02.28

ワーキングペーパー

拠点メンバー、共同研究者、特別研究員、フェロー他、主に若手研究者の論文を対象にアジア地域統合に関する優れた論文を、ワーキングペーパーとして発刊する。言語は英語もしくは日本語。寄稿された論文は、編集委員会での審査を経て刊行される。刊行されたペーパーは、本学図書館をはじめ関連大学図書館、研究機関等に寄贈される。

GIARI Working Paper Vol. 2010-E-6


Japan and Management of the Transatlantic Crisis:
International Responses and Domestic Struggles

Takashi Terada(*) and Bernard Ong(**)
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

February 2011
[313KB]


(*)Professor, Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University
(**)Asia Fellow, Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University
A revised version will be published by Contemporary Politics.

Index

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Materialistic and ideational transformations of the international structure
  • Japan’s responses to the crisis: domestic measures
  • Japan’s responses to the crisis: external measures
  • Proxy battle with China
  • Conclusion


Abstract

In addition to the perceived transformation of the international system brought about by the relative materialistic decline of the U.S. hegemonic power, the crisis has also intensified ideational rivalry and tensions between the U.S.-led capitalist model and the “Beijing Consensus”. This article aims to examine how the structural transformations in both materialistic and ideational contexts, symbolised by declining U.S. influence and growing Chinese voices, has influenced Japan, a key U.S. ally in the region and China’s regional competitor. Based on a neo-classical realist framework which stresses the need to analyse domestic political processes, this article sheds light on the influence of these structural transformations on Japan’s efforts to formulate its new growth strategies by rearranging policy priorities and engaging in regional and international collaborations. Since the crisis took place during a period which saw the demise of LDP’s five-decade rule and the advent of the DPJ government, the article analyses to what extent the economic stimulus programmes (launched by both old and new governments respectively) differed, and assesses how they have been effective in terms of stimulating domestic demands. The article also highlights Japan’s efforts under the crisisled structural transformations to involve fast growing Asian economies in its new growth strategy and to engage in the regional financial cooperation including the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation.



前のページへ戻る