Norm-Driven Change

This book deals with the source of political
revisionism. In
explaining why some states choose a revisionist path
and challenge
the international system, I emphasize the impact of
normative power
on potential revisionist states. In addressing the
question of political
revisionism, I construct an analytical model called
"norm-driven
change" a mechanism whereby the international
normative system
interacts with the domestic normative system to shape
domestic
policy. The norm-driven change model is applied to
the Japanese
political development from the 1850s to the 1930s.
Carefully
scrutinizing the correlations between the
international normative
system and domestic politics, the study concludes
that Japanese
foreign policy was stable and congruent with the
international
normative system when the nature of the system was
relatively
stable (1850s~1910s). Critical shifts in Japanese
foreign policy
during the 1920s and 1930s occurred in conjunction
with the
increasing uncertainty of the normative environment.

Autorentext
Kaori Nakajima Lindeman was born in Yokohama, Japan. She received
her B.A. from
Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and received her M.A. from
George Washington
University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from
Johns Hopkins University.
She and her husband live in Massachusetts with their three children.

Klappentext
This book deals with the source of political revisionism. In explaining why some states choose a revisionist path and challenge the international system, I emphasize the impact of normative power on potential revisionist states. In addressing the question of political revisionism, I construct an analytical model called "norm-driven change"-a mechanism whereby the international normative system interacts with the domestic normative system to shape domestic policy. The norm-driven change model is applied to the Japanese political development from the 1850s to the 1930s. Carefully scrutinizing the correlations between the international normative system and domestic politics, the study concludes that Japanese foreign policy was stable and congruent with the international normative system when the nature of the system was relatively stable (1850s~1910s). Critical shifts in Japanese foreign policy during the 1920s and 1930s occurred in conjunction with the increasing uncertainty of the normative environment.