Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development: Inescapable Solutions

by David Leheny (Editor), Kay Warren (Editor)

Overview

Instead of asking the usual questions about Japanese aid — Why is Japanese aid so different from that of other donors? Is Japanese aid effective? — this collection takes it as axiomatic that Japanese aid actors are now working in a contentious environment affected by changing global norms of aid.

Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development analyses the changing political contexts, both at home and abroad, within which Japanese aid officials develop their programs. It tracks the tensions facing aid officials as they seek to negotiate between a long-term organizational bias in the Japanese government of promoting "growth-oriented" policies, and new demands for Japan to engage a broader array of "human security" concerns. In the third section, contributors provide case studies of new policies designed to cope with transnational human security issues, particularly involving environmental protection, gender equality, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Finally, the book turns its lens back to Japan with chapters on how changing aid relationships alter Japan’s ability to cope with transnational problems like refugee flows, sex trafficking, and terrorism.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the politics and culture of global development, Japanese politics and foreign policy, international relations and international law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415554480
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/08/2009
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David Leheny is the Henry Wendt III '55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.

Kay Warren is the Charles B. Tillinghast Jr. '32 Professor of International Studies and professor of anthropology at Brown University.

Table of Contents

Inescapable Solutions: Japanese Aid and the Construction of Global Development David Leheny and Kay B. Warren Part I: Japanese ODA and Modes of Representation 1. Japan’s ODA: Naiatsu and Gaiatsu Carol Lancaster 2. Old Visions and New Actors in Foreign Aid Politics Saori N. Katada Part II: The Changing Contexts for Practicing Japanese Aid 3. Japan’s ODA to Vietnam and New Growth Support to Africa Izumi Ohno 4. Japan's ODA to Bolivia Toru Yanagihara 5. Education Aid for Afghanistan Seiji Utsumi Part III: Human Security and the Proliferation of Transnationalisms 6. Japanese Foreign Aid and the Spread of HIV/AIDS to Women in Asia Katya Burns 7. Japanese Lessons and Transnational Forces: ODA and the Environment Derek Hall 8. Promoting Gender Equality in Japanese ODA Yumiko Tanaka Part IV: Inescapable Crises 9. Trafficking in Persons Kay B. Warren 10. Crossing Borders Petrice R. Flowers 11. Remaking Counterterrorism David Leheny Remaking Transnationalisms: Japan and the Solutions to Crises David Leheny