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<p>Dear colleagues,</p><p>Apologies for X-posting.</p><p>I believe that some of you may be interested in my recently published monograph on territorial disputes related activism in Northeast Asia. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on the Dokdo/ Takeshima dispute between Japan and Korea.<br></p><div><em>These Islands Are Ours: The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast <span class="gmail-il">Asia</span></em></div><div> </div><div>Stanford University Press, Studies in Asian Security Series, 232 pages</div><div>Publication date: 10/03/2020</div><div>Cloth ISBN: 9781503611894<br>Digital ISBN: 9781503611900</div><div> </div><div>Brief Description</div><div><div><p>Territorial disputes are one of the main sources of tension in Northeast <span class="gmail-il">Asia</span>.
Escalation in such conflicts often stems from a widely shared public
perception that the territory in question is of the utmost importance to
the nation. While that's frequently not true in economic, military, or
political terms, citizens' groups and other domestic actors throughout
the region have mounted sustained campaigns to protect or recover
disputed islands. Quite often, these campaigns have wide-ranging
domestic and international consequences.</p><p>Why and how do
territorial disputes that at one point mattered little, become salient?
Focusing on non-state actors rather than political elites, Alexander
Bukh explains how and why apparently inconsequential territories become
central to national discourse in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. <i>These Islands Are Ours</i>
challenges the conventional wisdom that disputes-related campaigns
originate in the desire to protect national territory and traces their
roots to times of crisis in the respective societies. This book gives us
a new way to understand the nature of territorial disputes and how they
inform national identities by exploring the processes of their social
construction, and amplification.</p><div>Contents</div><div> </div><div><div><span>Introduction</span></div><div> </div></div><div><div><span>1</span> <span>Japan's "Northern Territories"</span></div><div> </div></div><div><div><span>2</span> <span>Shimane Prefecture's Quest for Takeshima</span></div><div> </div></div><div><div><span>3</span> <span>The "Protect Dokdo" Movement in South Korea</span></div><div> </div></div><div><div><span>4</span> <span>Taiwan's "Protect the Diaoyutai" Baodiao Movement</span></div><div> </div></div><div><div><span>Conclusion</span></div><div> </div><div><span>For further information please visit:</span></div><div><div><a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31650" rel="nofollow">https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31650</a></div><div><a href="https://www.academia.edu/42071828/These_Islands_Are_Ours_The_Social_Construction_of_Territorial_Disputes_in_Northeast_Asia" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/42071828/These_Islands_Are_Ours_The_Social_Construction_of_Territ..</a></div></div></div></div></div>
<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><a href="https://www.academia.edu/14906478/Special_Issue_on_Civil_Society_and_Borders_in_Asia" target="_blank"> </a></span><br><br><br>Dr Alexander Bukh<br><br>Political Science and International Relations Programme<br>Victoria University of Wellington<br>Phone:+64 (0)4 463 9450<br>Fax: +64 (0)4 <span>463 5351</span></div><br><div><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>In print!<br></i></span></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>These Islands Are Ours: The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia<br></i></span></b><div><a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31650" target="_blank">https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31650</a></div><div><img src="https://www.sup.org/img/covers/small/pid_31650.jpg" alt="https://www.sup.org/img/covers/small/pid_31650.jpg" width="63" height="96"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>