From Library Journal In this work, Samuels (political science, MIT), examines Japan's technological development since the end of the Edo Period in the second half of the 19th century. The central thesis is that Japan's economic growth since then, whether during peace or war, has been fired by a kind of "technonationalism" that can be defined as "an ideology of technological dev...(展开全部)

作者：（美国）约书亚·瑞夫纳 （Joshua Rovner） 美国南方卫理公会大学政治学副教授，兼任约翰·古德温·托尔政治学研究中心主任，专注国际政治、国家安全等方面的研究。曾任美国海军战争学院战略与政策学副教授，还曾任教于哥伦比亚大学和威廉姆斯学院。

Nonviolent state behavior in Japan, this book argues, results from the distinctive breadth with which the Japanese define security policy, making it inseparable from the quest for social stability through economic growth. While much of the literature on contemporary Japan has resisted emphasis on cultural uniqueness, Peter J. Katzenstein seeks to explain particular aspects of J...(展开全部)

彼得·J.卡赞斯坦（Peter J.Katzenstein），美国康奈尔大学政府系国际研究教授，曾担任著名的国际关系杂志《国际组织》主编。发表有《世界高层中的小国家》、《国家安全文化：世界政治中的文化与认同》等大量极富震撼力的作品，以在国际关系理论、比较政治学、地区研究等方面，特别是因为创了国家安全研究中的文化视角而蜚声国际关系理论界，与新现实主义的代表人物斯蒂芬·克莱斯勒（Stephen Krasnet）和新自由主义的代表人物罗伯特·基欧汉（Robert Keohane）并称为“三K”。

彼得·J.卡赞斯坦（Peter J.Katzenstein），美国康奈尔大学政府系国际研究教授，曾担任著名的国际关系杂志《国际组织》主编。发表有《世界高层中的小国家》、《国家安全文化：世界政治中的文化与认同》等大量极富震撼力的作品，以在国际关系理论、比较政治学、地区研究等方面，特别是因为创了国家安全研究中的文化视角而蜚声国际关系理论界，与新现实主义的代表人物斯蒂芬·克莱斯勒（Stephen Krasnet）和新自由主义的代表人物罗伯特·基欧汉（Robert Keohane）并称为“三K”。

Nonviolent state behavior in Japan, this book argues, results from the distinctive breadth with which the Japanese define security policy, making it inseparable from the quest for social stability through economic growth. While much of the literature on contemporary Japan has resisted emphasis on cultural uniqueness, Peter J. Katzenstein seeks to explain particular aspects of J...(展开全部)

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.

Despite efforts to attain a more balanced approach, Western historians have largely interpreted China's modern period in terms of China's 'response to the West.' This book, by a scholar who is neither Chinese nor Western, goes far to set the balance right. Min Tu-ki, Korea's leading Sinologist, shows how China's own internal agenda has conditioned Chinese political life during ...(展开全部)