TY - BOOK ID - 17193189 TI - Resolving the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute : Hokkaido-Sakhalin relations. PY - 2007 SN - 9780415413213 9780415691451 0415413214 9780203960998 9781134124947 9781134124985 9781134124992 0415691451 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Pacific settlement of international disputes KW - Japan KW - Kuril Islands (Russia) KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Hokkaido (Japan) KW - Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) KW - Foreign relations KW - International status KW - Relations KW - Cas, Etude de KW - Kouriles (Russie) KW - J4812.19 KW - J4813.61 KW - J3485 KW - Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Asia -- others in East Asia (Siberia, Northern territories) KW - Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Europe -- Russia, Soviet Union (USSR, CCCP) KW - Japan: Geography and local history -- northern territories KW - Règlement pacifique des conflits internationaux KW - Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) KW - Nihon KW - Nippon KW - Iapōnia KW - Zhāpān KW - I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ KW - Yapan KW - Japon KW - Japão KW - Japam KW - Mư̄ang Yīpun KW - Prathēt Yīpun KW - Yīpun KW - Jih-pen KW - Riben KW - Government of Japan KW - 日本 KW - 日本国 KW - Nipponkoku KW - Nippon-koku KW - Nihonkoku KW - Nihon-koku KW - State of Japan KW - Япония KW - Japani KW - اليابان KW - al-Yābān KW - يابان KW - Yābān KW - Japonsko KW - Giappone KW - Japonia KW - Japonya KW - Hokkaidō-chō (Japan) KW - Hokkai Dōchō (Japan) KW - Khokkaĭdo (Japan) KW - Pei-hai-tao (Japan) KW - Ezo (Japan) KW - Kabafuto (Russia) KW - Karafuto (Russia) KW - Ostrov Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) KW - Saghalien (Russia) KW - Saghalin (Russia) KW - Sakhalin (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - Sakhalin (Russia) KW - Sakhalin Island (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) KW - Russian Federation KW - Rossiyskaya Federatsiya KW - Rossiya (Federation) KW - Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) KW - Российская Федерация KW - Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Російська Федерація KW - Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Federazione della Russia KW - Russische Föderation KW - RF KW - Federation of Russia KW - Urysye Federat︠s︡ie KW - Правительство России KW - Pravitelʹstvo Rossii KW - Правительство Российской Федерации KW - Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii KW - Правительство РФ KW - Pravitelʹstvo RF KW - Rosja (Federation) KW - O-lo-ssu (Federation) KW - Roshia Renpō KW - Federazione russa KW - OKhU KW - Orosyn Kholboony Uls KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - Chishima-retto (Russia) KW - Kuril Islands (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - Kurile Islands (Russia) KW - Kurilʹskie ostrova (Russia) KW - International status. KW - Case studies. KW - Russie KW - Relations extérieures KW - Eluosi (Federation) KW - 俄罗斯 (Federation) KW - Pacific settlement of international disputes - Case studies KW - Japan - Foreign relations - Russia (Federation) KW - Russia (Federation) - Foreign relations - Japan KW - Kuril Islands (Russia) - International status KW - Hokkaido (Japan) - Relations - Russia (Federation) - Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai͡a oblastʹ) KW - Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai͡a oblastʹ, Russia) - Relations - Japan - Hokkaido KW - Jepun KW - Yapon KW - Yapon Ulus KW - I︠A︡pon KW - Япон KW - I︠A︡pon Uls KW - Япон Улс KW - RF (Russian Federation) KW - Россия (Federation) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17193189 AB - The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully normalising bilateral relations between the two nations. This book traces the evolution of transnational relations between subnational public authorities in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, examining the interrelationship between these ties and the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute. The book investigates why the development of Hokkaido-Sakhalin relations has failed to create, at the subnational level, an environment conducive to resolving (kankyo seibi) the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories dispute. Brad Williams suggests that kankyo seibi has not worked primarily because Russia's troubled transition to a liberal democratic market economy has manifested itself in ways that have ultimately increased the South Kuril Islands' intrinsic and instrumental value for the Sakhalin public and regional elite. This in turn has limited the impact from the twin transnational processes of cultural and economic exchange in alleviating opposition to the transferral of these disputed islands to Japan. Drawing upon a wealth of primary and secondary sources from both countries, this book utilises levels of analysis and an analytical framework that incorporates national and subnational, as well as governmental and non-governmental forces to discuss a relatively unexplored aspect of Russo-Japanese relations. As such, Resolving the Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute will appeal to students and scholars of Asian politics, international relations and post-communist states. ER -