Cheung Mong. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-121). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgements --- p.iii ; Table of Contents --- p.iv ; List of Tables and Figures --- p.vi ; Abbreviations --- p.viii ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction: Why Different Policy Responses in Two Similar Crises? --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Central Question --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Main Argument --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Layout --- p.4 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- A Theoretical Framework for Analysis: The Concept of Strategic Culture --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Competing Explanations --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.2 --- The Theory of Strategic Culture --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Defining Strategic Culture in this Research --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Research Method and Data --- p.37 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- The Dual Sources of Strategic Culture in Postwar Japan --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Paradigm in the Ruling Level: Yoshida Doctrine --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Paradigm in the Social Level: Pacifism --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Interaction between the Two Paradigms on Policy --- p.52 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.56 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- Japan's Responses to the Gulf Crisis: The Gap of Two Paradigms (1990-91) --- p.59 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Searching for a New Identity: Four Views to Japan's Security --- p.60 ; Chapter 4.2 --- The Two Competing Paradigms in the Eve of the Gulf Crisis --- p.65 ; Chapter 4.3 --- A Strategic Cultural Explanation to the Reluctant Response on Overseas Dispatch --- p.72 ; Chapter Chapter Five --- Japan's Responses to the Anti-Terrorism War: Moving towards An Unitary Paradigm (2001) --- p.82 ; Chapter 5.1 --- "Japan's Emerging New Identity: The Notion of ""the Normal Nation""" --- p.83 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Decline of the Pacifism --- p.92 ; Chapter 5.3 --- Japan after the 911: Sending the SDF Overseas --- p.98 ; Chapter Chapter Six --- Conclusion --- p.118 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Japan Between the Pacifist Nation and ...
Cheng, Connie. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-192). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese ; appendix in Chinese. ; Thesis / Assessment Committee --- p.i ; Abstracts --- p.ii ; Acknowledgements --- p.iv ; "A Note on the Use of Chinese / Japanese Terms, Names, and Webpage Materials" --- p.V ; Table of Contents --- p.vi ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Preface --- p.1 ; Objectives and Significance --- p.4 ; Issues to be Addressed --- p.5 ; Methodologies --- p.10 ; Structure of the Thesis --- p.12 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Rise of Japanese Pop Culture in Hong Kong - The 1980s --- p.15 ; Japan's Economic Influences in Hong Kong --- p.15 ; Japanese Popular Culture Boom in Hong Kong --- p.19 ; Tourist Flows to Japan in the 1980s --- p.31 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Second Japanese Popular Culture Boom - The 1990s --- p.38 ; The Change in Economic and Social Environment --- p.38 ; Japanese Popular Culture Continues to Flourish --- p.40 ; Japanese Pop Music (J-pop) --- p.40 ; "Animation, Comic and Game (ACG)" --- p.42 ; Japanese Television Dramas --- p.47 ; Hong Kong Tourists to Japan and the Development of Cultural Pilgrimage --- p.56 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Age of Cultural Pilgrimage - the 2000s --- p.64 ; Hong Kong People's Consumption of Japanese Products --- p.64 ; Pop Songs --- p.64 ; Television Dramas --- p.65 ; ACG --- p.66 ; Tours to Japan --- p.69 ; Pop Culture Tourism and Cultural Pilgrimage --- p.75 ; Governmental Strategies --- p.77 ; Tour Agencies' Strategies --- p.87 ; Self-guided Tourists --- p.91 ; Chapter Chapter 5: --- Case Studies of Hong Kong Young People who Performed Cultural Pilgrimages to Japan --- p.112 ; Case 1 --- p.113 ; Case 2 --- p.117 ; Case 3 --- p.121 ; Case 4 --- p.125 ; Case 5 --- p.129 ; Case 6 --- p.135 ; Case 7 --- p.138 ; Case 8 --- p.142 ; Case 9 --- p.146 ; Case 10 --- p.149 ; General Remarks --- p.154 ; Chapter Chapter 6: --- Concluding Analysis --- p.157 ; Chapter 1. --- Cultural Pilgrimage and the Cultural ...
Wong, Ho Yin. ; Thesis submitted in: October 2008. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-275). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.ii ; 緒論 --- p.iii ; Acknowledgement --- p.iv ; Abbreviations --- p.ix ; List of Tables --- p.ix ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introductory Chapter --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Two Research Questions --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of Studying the DPJ --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Dissertation Framework --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.12 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- Background of Japanese Politics --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Opposition Failure in Japan --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2 --- External Constraints Faced by Opposition Parties --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Electoral System --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Electoral Campaign Law --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- Clientelism and Centralized Government Financial Structure --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.2.4 --- Party Organization of the LDP --- p.23 ; Chapter 2.2.5 --- Voting Behavior --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.2.6 --- Press Club System --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.2.7 --- Conclusion --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Opposition Fragmentation in Japanese Politics --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Opposition Fragmentation under the 55´ة System --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Opposition Cooperation and the Break Down of the 55´ة System --- p.37 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- The New Party System and Opposition Coalition Failure --- p.39 ; Chapter 2.3.4 --- The NFP Internal Fragmentation --- p.43 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Opposition Failure and the DPJ --- p.48 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Emergence of the DPJ --- p.49 ; Chapter 2.4.2 --- The Expansion of the DPJ --- p.52 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.54 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- Theory and Methodology --- p.57 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Party System --- p.58 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Four Attributes of a Party System --- p.58 ; Chapter 3.1.1.1 --- Number of Parties --- p.59 ; Chapter 3.1.1.2 --- Relative Strength and Size --- ...