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As a public policy objective in Japan, food security shifted from one that had near consensus support after World War 11 to one that caused deep political divisions among a variety of groups and political actors. Japan continues to reconcile levels of commodity self‐sufficiency with a variety of domestic public policy issues and external conditions that work for and against the goal of this industrialized nation feeding itself.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Perspectives on International Political Economy -- Chapter 1 What Is International Political Economy? -- Chapter 2 Laissez-Faire: The Economic Liberal Perspective -- Chapter 3 Wealth and Power: The Mercantilist Perspective -- Chapter 4 Economic Determinism and Exploitation: The Structuralist Perspective -- Chapter 5 Constructivism -- Part II Structures of International Political Economy -- Chapter 6 The Global Production Structure -- Chapter 7 The International Trade Structure -- Chapter 8 The International Finance and Monetary Structure -- Chapter 9 The Global Security Structure -- Chapter 10 The International Knowledge Structure: Controlling Flows of Information and Technology -- Part III States and Markets in the Global Economy -- Chapter 11 The Development Challenge -- Chapter 12 The Fragmentation of the European Union: The Crossroads Redux -- Chapter 13 Moving into Position: The Rising Powers -- Chapter 14 The Middle East and North Africa: Things Fall Apart -- Part IV Transnational Problems and Dilemmas -- Chapter 15 The Illicit Global Economy: The Dark Side of Globalization -- Chapter 16 Energy and the Environment: Navigating Climate Change and Global Disaster -- Chapter 17 Global Health: Refugees and Caring for the Forgotten -- Glossary -- Index