Danger, development and legitimacy in East Asian maritime politics: securing the seas, securing the state

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Note on names and transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- The rise of China, the Asian Century and the ocean -- Spaces of places versus spaces of flows -- 2. Borders, orders and maritime politics -- Maritime affairs and security politics in Northeast Asia -- The production of danger and political legitimation -- The uses and social constructions of the ocean -- 3. The uses of Northeast Asian seas -- Developing the ocean, expanding territoriality -- Annihilating distance accelerating flows -- Protecting the seas, promoting ocean stewardship -- 4. Securing society -- Japan as an Ocean State -- South Korea in the Ocean G-5 -- Making China a Maritime Power -- 5. Securing the nation -- Bordering Japan -- Bordering South Korea -- Bordering China -- 6. Securing the civilization -- Normalizing Japan -- Globalizing South Korea -- Rejuvenating China -- 7. Conclusion -- Danger, development and legitimacy -- Centralizing power, relegitimizing the state? -- Bibliography

"Grounded in extensive empirical research, this title addresses the major issues of geopolitics in the region that have been and will continue to shape the international politics of the Asia-Pacific for years to come. Covering the nation-states of China, Japan and South Korea, it includes an examination of the key island disputes, as well as analysis of the North Korea-South Korea clashes in the Yellow Sea, controversies in Japan's relations with both Koreas and the so-called 'history disputes', including recognition of World War II atrocities across the region. In doing so, this book explores a range of themes from the ecological environment to the globalized nature of shipping and therein links the East Asian maritime sphere directly to the dynamics and developments in the domestic politics of each country"--