Kurzbeschreibung von: 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.