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Base towns, local contestation of the U.S. military in Korea and Japan, Claudia Junghyun Kim

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Base towns

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Claudia Junghyun Kim

Oxford scholarship online.

local contestation of the U.S. military in Korea and Japan

When do we see social movements against the American military overseas, and what explains their varying intensity? Despite increasing interest in the global network of U.S. military bases on foreign soil, we still do not understand why some host communities mobilize against the American bases in their backyards, while others remain compliant. This book addresses this puzzle by investigating the contentious politics surrounding twenty U.S. military bases across Korea and Japan-faithful U.S. allies and two of the largest U.S. base hosts in the world. In particular, it looks at municipalities hosting these bases and differing levels of community acceptance and resistance over time. Drawing on fieldwork interviews, participant observation, and protest event data (2000-2015), the book shows what makes activists in base towns successful.--, Provided by publisher

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Local contestation of the U.S. military in Korea and Japan