Normalizing Japan : politics, identity, and the evolution of security practice / Andrew L. Oros.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-268) and index.

1. Security Identity and the Evolution of Security Practice: Explaining Policy Change -- 2. Negotiating and Institutionalizing a New Postwar Security Identity -- 3. Reaffirming Core Principles in a "Lost Decade," 1989-1998 -- 4. Limiting Conflict Through Arms Export Restrictions -- 5. The Next Frontier: Keeping Outer Space "Peaceful" -- 6. Missile Defense, Alliance Politics, and Security Identity -- 7. Japan's Security Identity and Security Practice in a New Century -- App. 1. Postwar Japanese Prime Ministers -- App. 2. Postwar Japanese Election Dates for Both Houses (1946-2007) -- App. 3. Postwar Japanese Election Returns for the House of Representatives (1945-1955) -- App. 4. Postwar Japanese Election Returns for the House of Representatives (1955-1993) -- App. 5. Major Japanese Government Policy Statements Regarding Arms Exports -- App. 6. Major Japanese Government Policy Statements Regarding the Peaceful Use of Outer Space -- App. 7. Major Japanese Government Policy Statements Regarding Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation with the United States.

"Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan's military policies are likely to take by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. Andrew Oros argues that Japanese security policy has not changed as much in recent years as many believe, and that future change also will be highly constrained by Japan's long-standing "security identity," the central principle guiding Japanese policy over the past half-century."--BOOK JACKET.