TY  - BOOK
AU  - COOLEY Alexander
AU  - MARTEN Kimberly
TI  - The political economy of Okinawa's antimilitarism
PY  - 2006///
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - MILITARY BASES
KW  - OKINAWA
N2  - Analysts of Okinawa emphasize  that the island's distinct collective memory of conflict and occupation infuse its identity with a set of antimilitarist narratives and broadly held anti-base attitudes. In this article the authors argue that the Japanese government's unique system of  'burden payments' provides incentives to Okinawans both to highlight the negative effects of the U.S. presence and to support the continuation of the bases for economic reasons
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0095327X05283557
ER  -