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Vincent Kelly Pollard, Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing, Foreign Policy and Society in the Philippines and Japan. Aldershot, England/ Brookfield, USA/ Singapore/ Sydney: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2004; reprinted, 2007, 2008. xii, 204 pages. 22 tables, 2 figures, index. ISBN 0 7546 1539 1.
Summary
This book is an application and a critique of democratic theory.
The foreign policies of presidents, prime ministers and their foreign secretaries can be influenced by the preferences of domestic and international nongovernmental actors, as well as those of other governments. Representative democracy, media power, citizen activism and the globalization of politics and telecommunications, for example, have accelerated changes in the sharing of power. This book focuses on Philippines and Japan where, willingly and unwillingly, foreign policy executives share power with individuals and groups inside and outside of government bureaucracies and their societies.
The book retells the foreign policy narratives of regional cooperation, military relations and official development assistance ("foreign aid"), revealing how executive foreign policy makers and civil society organizations share power and succeed or fail in a globalizing, democratizing world.
A variety of published, unpublished and declassified sources provide journalists, scholars, government practitioners and global citizens with a sophisticated understanding of the domestic politics of foreign policy making, as well as its intergovernmental and transnational side.
This book goes beyond the doctoral dissertation on which is
based ("Executive Power in Foreign Policy Making: Stretched Organizational
Pluralism and Social Process in the Philippines and Japan," University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 1998).
Contents
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List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 - Democratization, Globalization and Plural
Governance.
Reference list.
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Do online word searches or phrase searches anywhere in the table of
contents, "Preface," Chapters 1-9, index or reference list of
Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing,
Foreign Policy and Society in the Philippines and Japan (Aldershot,
England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2004, 2007):
• Crystal Carpenito's summary of her interview with
Pollard, in Kapi‘o, vol. 37, no. 28 (27 April 2004), p. 7.
• Or read an unedited transcript of
the interview.
• From The Fulbrighters' Newsletter:
• From the Journal of Chinese Political Science [中
國 政 治 學 刊]:
"The main theme of Pollard's thesis is to compare the social process of
foreign policy in the presidential Philippines and parliamentary Japan.
In both countries, Pollard shows that highly motivated non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) sometimes become competing centers of influence
inside, alongside and outside official governments; and that they have
developed sophisticated power-sharing arrangements with one another in
pursuing preferences beyond their respective countries' national borders.
This focus on NGOs probably makes this volume attractive not only to
academics, but also to activists, practitioners, journalists, etc.
"Analyzing foreign policy making on the part of governments side, the
author tries to explain how effectively foreign policy makers in the
Philippines and Japan have shared power since the 1960s. [T]racing the
stories of power sharing...leads to a better understanding of the
foreign-policy making processes of the electoral democracies in East and
Southeast Asia.....
The author.....uses a number of detailed case studies to illustrate
that the broad social process of foreign policy making is a meeting ground
for those who emphasize the pull of the milieu (precedent) and those who
value the push of executive innovation (initiative). These case studies
attempt to reveal possible areas of reconciliation between
'environment-based' and 'process-based' theories of international
relations. In each of the case studies, Pollard has defined the focused
time frames to highlight developments likely to be overlooked or
misunderstood if longer and shorter periods had been selected.....
"Pollard's analysis very often demonstrates that mass media served as
the organizational glue in intermestic executive foreign policy making. It
also shows how the power of mass communications media was used by
relatively small groups of concerned citizens inside and outside
government as they attempted to share power with others inside and outside
their societies to achieve their objectives. However, their achievements
often fell short of their preferences. In sum, while Asian foreign policy
executives draw on resources of precedent and executive initiative in
pursuing foreign policies in the context of globalization, opportunities
for political change from below will continue to emerge" — review of
Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing,
Foreign Policy and Society in the Philippines and Japan, In Journal
of Chinese Political Science [中 國 政 治
學 刊], vol. 11, issue 1 (Spring 2006), pp. 99-101.
• From Democracy and Security:
"Without doubt the most compelling example to uphold [Pollard's]
paradigm is Aquino's struggle to retain the US miitary bases in the
Philippines.....The case is successfully made in Chapters 3-8 concerning
the increasing role of the media in foreign policy decision-making in both
the Philippines and Japan, albeit less so in Japan.
"This book does....successfully conduct a tightly-drawn
thesis....suggesting a useful paradigm for the future, by way of exploring
the changing and...developing face of foreign policy-making in the
Philippines and Japan" — "A Review of 'Globalization,
Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing, Foreign Policy and
Society in the Philippines and Japan'," Democracy and Security,
vol. 2, no. 1 (January-June 2006), pp.
157-159. • From UNISCI Discussion Papers:
• From Political Studies Review:
• From Book News: • From the German Association for Social Science Research on
Japan (VSJF): • From University of Chicago Magazine:
• Recommended by Rob Norton and Joanne Franklin, YBP Library
Services Bibliographers), "Current Topics — Globalization,"
Academia — An Online Magazine and Resource for Librarians [YBP
Library Services], November
2005.
• Brief review in Reference and Research Book News, vol.
19, issue 4 (November 2004), p. 160.
• "Class Notes," Malamalama, vol. 29, no. 3 (September
2004), p. 17.
• "Book on Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership,"
Other News, J-Current [Center for Japanese Studies, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa], vol. 7, no. 3 (Summer
2004), p. 6, col. 1.
• "Asia and GlobalizationLook inside this book
Interview
Reviews
"[Pollard's] book refines democratic theory, using the
quality of power-sharing as the best predictor of success or failure in
foreign policy by government practitioners or civil society organizations"
in "Fulbright Alumni Achievements" column, The Fulbrighters'
Newsletter [Fulbright Association], vol. 25, no. 3
[Fall 2004], p. 13, col. 2).
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"This book is largely based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation on society
and foreign policy making in the Philippines and Japan.....[I]t reflects
solid research work.
"Dr. Pollard.....goes on to show that power sharing unlocks the door to
foreign policy making processes of diverse Asian democracies.....[I]n
Japan [Pollard's] paradigm is well supported by the enduring legacy of the
people's deep-seated anti-militarism, which will continue to influence the
policy of [the Ministry of Foreign Affairs].
"[Globalization, Democratization and Asian
Leadership: Power Sharing, Foreign Policy and Society] constitutes a
fundamental contribution to the study of foreign policy and its
formulation insofar as it fills a void, that of the growing role that
non-governmental organizations and civil society seem to be able to play
in the space that has been considered, until quite recently, to be
restricted to the politicians and high-level government officials
responsible for the elaboration and direction of foreign policy.
Consequently, reading the book should be considered all but indispensable
by students and professionals of foreign policy, those involved in the
process of foreign policy formulation, and even those involved in the
formation of public policy in general" — translated from the
Spanish-language original of this review, "CRÍTICA DE LIBROS," review
of Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing,
Foreign Policy and Society in the Philippines and Japan, in UNISCI Discussion
Papers [Unidad de Investigación sobre Seguridad y
Cooperación Internacional, Universidad Complutense de Madrid],
nº 14 (Mayo/May
2007), pp. 203-204.
• From Asian Affairs:
"A well-documented, thoroughly researched and incredibly
detailed investigation of elite decision-making in two disinctive Asian
societies, with an impressive array of in-country investigation,
interviews and use of original source material" — review of
Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power Sharing,
Foreign Policy and Society, in Political Studies
Review, vol. 5, no. 2 (May 2007), pp. 313-314.
• From Pilipinas:
"Pollard is onto an important theme of NGO and other
public engagement in foreign policy of which we might hope to see many
further studies" — review of Globalization, Democratization and
Asian Leadership: Power Sharing, Foreign Policy and Society, in
Asian Affairs [Royal Society for Asian Affairs], vol. 38, issue 2
(July 2007), pp. 288-289. Full text of review accessible through EBSCO
Host Research Databases.
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"In other words, foreign policy making in Japan and the
Philippines remained fairly elitist but was given a semblance of more
pluralistic and democratic participation. Pollard cites the cultural and
political differences in the two countries but concentrates more on their
commonalities, found in the linkages of plural governance, power-sharing,
democratization, and importance of foreign policy decisions" —
Review of Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership: Power
Sharing, Foreign Policy and Society, in Pilipinas (Philippine
Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies), no. 45 (September 2007),
pp. 9-12.
"Although foreign policy
is traditionally seen as a near-exclusive realm of the executive, Pollard
(U. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) notes that executives are often forced
to share policy making power with actors inside and outside of government
and their own societies. He offers a comparative examination of policy
power sharing in the Philippines and Japan, both of which have significant
nongovernmental public interest groups that sometimes have become
competing centers of foreign policy influence. He examines instances of
regional intergovernmental cooperation, military relations, and foreign
aid and development assistance in seeking to determine how the development
of power sharing arrangements occurs" (Books Matter [Portland, Oregon], 2004).
"[Pollard's] book retells the foreign
policy narratives of regional cooperation, military relations and official
development assistance ('foreign aid'), revealing how executive foreign
policy makers and civil society organizations share power and succeed or
fail in a globalizing, democratizing world" (Katia Meyer-Tien
[VSJF-Redaktion {editorship}], "Aktuelles weltweit — neuerscheinungen
['new publication']," Newsletter [Vereiningung fur
sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung e.V.], nr. 33 [Juli 2004]),
seite 60). [Scroll down to page 60.]
"The foreign policies of presidents, prime ministers and
their foreign secretaries can be influenced by the preferences of domestic
and international nongovernmental actors, as well as those of other
governments. Representative democracy, media power, citizen activism and
the globalization of politics and telecommunications, for example, have
accelerated changes in the sharing of power. [Pollard's] book focuses on
Philippines and Japan where, willingly and unwillingly, foreign policy
executives share power with individuals and groups inside and outside of
government bureaucracies and their societies" ("In Their Own Words," Political Science &
Law Section, University of Chicago Magazine, vol. 97, no. 2
[December 2004]).
Exhibitions
• Book exhibit - one of three works featured, Center for Filipino Studies, 1st Annual Conference (theme: "Political Leadership among Filipino Americans: Theories and Practice"), California State University - East Bay, 3 October 2008.
Citations
• Akiko Nanami, "Showing Japan's Face or Creating Powerful Challengers? Are NGOs Really Partners in Japan's Foreign Aid?" Ph.D. dissertation (University of Canterbury, 2007), pp. 118 (fn. 57) and 308.
• Jörn Dosch, The Changing Dynamics of Southeast Asian Politics (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2007), pp. 28, 264 and 240.
"Foreign policies are preferences. These are preferences
of executive government officials to maintain or modify the international
system affecting the society, as well as how they affect people living
beyond the country's borders. But government officials are not the only
people with international preferences. Examining foreign policy making in
East and South East Asia will help us understand causes of success and
failure in the foreign policy arena. For expression of citizen preferences
in international affairs, the season of nongovernmental activity in
foreign policy making began earlier and has lasted longer than any
standing government expected.....
"The book compares the social process of foreign policy making in the
presidential Philippines and parliamentary Japan. In these countries,
highly motivated public interest groups (nongovernmental organizations)
sometimes become competing centers of influence inside, alongside and
outside official governments and have developed sophisticated power
sharing arrangements with one another in pursuing preferences beyond their
respective countries' national borders. Activists, practitioners, scholars
and citizens will want to learn more about this.
"Cases selected for this book include regional intergovernmental
cooperation, military relations and foreign aid or official development
assistance. Each is sufficiently pivotal in its implications to deserve
study on its own merits and for its immediate and longterm effects. That
any one of these cases may not typify every aspect of the social process
of foreign policy in the Republic of the Philippines or in Japan does not
make them less important. Long before the collapse of the Soviet Union
catapulted 'globalization' and its ideological sibling 'globalism' into
prominence, a planet-encircling mass communications news media was
wielding power domestically and internationally."
• Dr. Trudy Jacobsen, HIST 2102 ("Contemporary
Southeast Asia"), School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and
Classics, The University of Queensland, 2005, p. 7.
• Professor Belinda A. Aquino, Asian Studies 750 ("Research
Seminar: Southeast Asia"), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,
Spring 2008 Semester — Chapters 1-2 (excerpts) and Chapter 5
(expanded version in Agcaoili's and Liongson's co-edited volume).
• Chapter 5 (excerpted, revised, to be translated into Chinese):
"Redesigning Asia's Military Landscape at the 1986 Constitutional
Commission of the Philippines," Cold War International History
Studies [Center for Cold War International History Studies,
华东师范大学 {East China Normal
University}], forthcoming, (2009).
• Chapter 9 (excerpt): "Power Sharing, Plural Governance, and
Foreign Policy Success in the Philippines," Journal of Filipino
Studies, vol. 2 (2008).
• Chapter 5 (expanded somewhat): "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign
Military Bases: Filipinos Declare Independence," in Essays on Ilokano
and Amianan Life, Language and Literature in Honor of Prof. Prescila
Llague Espiritu: Final Proceedings of the 2006 Nakem Centennial
Conference, eds. Aurelio S. Agcaoili and Raymond Ll. Liongson
(Honolulu: Ilokano and Philippine Drama and Film Program, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa in collaboration with Nakem Conference, Inc.,
and International Academy for Ilokano and Amianan Studies, 2007), pp.
139-192.
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Preface (excerpt)
As assigned course reading
Chapters reprinted, translated
Ordering a copy
Borrow it
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