Conceptualising the nature of relations between the European Union and Japan: Using the frameworks of Identity and rational choice Analytic Narratives as a means to interpret this dynamic relationship, 1990-2005.

This thesis explores the bilateral relationship between the European Union (EU) and Japan as interregional partners and as united global actors. The principal aim is to navigate the nature of relations between these two diverse entities asserting that ideology, culture and identity formation contrib...

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Main Author: Begg, Jeanine
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. National Centre for Research on Europe 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1957