Reconciliation is an important agenda for post-war countries. It plays a major role in harmonizing bilateral and regional relations. Lin Ren compares reconciliations between the Sino-Japanese and the Franco-German dyads. Each dyad shares a deep-rooted historic antagonism. Nevertheless, France and Germany have reached a far deeper degree of reconciliation. The author explores the causes that led to the diverse outcomes, so as to challenge taking rationality as the single micro-foundation of decision-making concerning reconciliation.

Contents

· Economic Interdependence

· Maintaining or ChallengingEquilibrium

· Convergent Memories of History

· Political Similarity

· Territorial Narratives

Target Groups

· Researchers and students in the fields of political science, international relations and history

· Journalists, politicians

The Author

Dr. Lin Ren completed her PhD at Freie Universität Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Autorentext

Dr. Lin Ren completed her PhD at Freie Universität Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.

Zusammenfassung
Reconciliation is an important agenda for postwar countries. It plays a major role in harmonizing bilateral and regional relations. Lin Ren compares reconciliations between the Sino-Japanese and the Franco-German dyads. Each dyad shares a deep-rooted historic antagonism. Nevertheless, France and Germany reached a far deeper degree of reconciliation. Therefore, this book devotes to explore the trouble-creators that led to the diverse outcomes, so as to challenge taking rationality as the single micro-foundation of decision making concerning reconciliation.

Inhalt
Current Research on Reconciliation.- Explanatory Variables from the Different Strands of IR Theories.- Reconciliation: Making a Better Defined Area for IR Students.- Correlation between Economic Interdependence and Peace.- Bounded Rationality and Redefined Self-Interest.- Comparative Study of Related Indicators and Reconciliation Outcomes.- Typology of Memory and Correlated Reconciliation.- Correlation between Political Similarity and a Stable Restored Relationship.- Converging Narrative between Germany and France.- Diverging Narratives between China and Japan.