Yukiko Nishikawa is Professor at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan

• List of Figures & TablesList of AbbreviationsPreface Introduction1 Pacifism and Political Sociology2 Article 9 and the Constitution of Japan: The Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity3 The Japan– US Security Alliance: The Underside of the Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity4 Roots and Nature of Japanese Pacifism5 Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism 6 Japan’s Contested PacifismConclusion Appendix I Constitution of JapanAppendix II Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of AmericaAppendix III Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of AmericaIndex

Yukiko Nishikawa is Professor at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan

• List of Figures & TablesList of AbbreviationsPreface Introduction1 Pacifism and Political Sociology2 Article 9 and the Constitution of Japan: The Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity3 The Japan– US Security Alliance: The Underside of the Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity4 Roots and Nature of Japanese Pacifism5 Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism 6 Japan’s Contested PacifismConclusion Appendix I Constitution of JapanAppendix II Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of AmericaAppendix III Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of AmericaIndex

Yukiko Nishikawa is Professor at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan

• List of Figures & TablesList of AbbreviationsPreface Introduction1 Pacifism and Political Sociology2 Article 9 and the Constitution of Japan: The Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity3 The Japan– US Security Alliance: The Underside of the Structural Condition of Japan’s Polity4 Roots and Nature of Japanese Pacifism5 Political Sociology of Japanese Pacifism 6 Japan’s Contested PacifismConclusion Appendix I Constitution of JapanAppendix II Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of AmericaAppendix III Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of AmericaIndex