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A deliberative approach to Northeast Asia's contested history

journal contribution
posted on 2012-03-01, 00:00 authored by Baogang HeBaogang He, David HundtDavid Hundt
The failure to reconcile views of the past and to address historical injustice has damaged inter-state relations in Northeast Asia. Joint committees, dialogues and the participation of civil society have been used to address historical issues, but scholars in the disciplines of international relations and area studies have largely ignored these dialogues and deliberative forums. At the same time, there is an emergent theoretical literature on how deliberative democracy can address ethnic conflicts and historical injustice. There is a serious disconnect or distance between the theoretical literature on the resolution of conflicts via deliberation on the one hand, and empirical studies of deliberative approach in East Asia on the other. This article aims to address this shortcoming in the study of the politics of historical dispute in Northeast Asia by proposing a deliberative approach to history disputes and highlighting the achievements, limits and dynamics of deliberation. Through mapping and comparative testing, we confirm that deliberation offers some potential for a departure from nationalist mentalities and a shift towards a consciousness of regional history in Northeast Asia. Our empirical test of the utility of the deliberative approach suggests that a new model for addressing regional disputes may be emerging.

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Journal

Japanese journal of political science

Volume

13

Issue

1

Pagination

37 - 58

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Location

Cambridge, England

ISSN

1468-1099

eISSN

1474-0060

Language

eng

Notes

Published online 27 January 2012

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

Copyright notice

2012, Cambridge University Press

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