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EU–Japan Relations and the Crisis of Multilateralism
Av Julie Gilson
Inbunden, 2019
2736 kr
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Presenting the history of relations between the European Union and Japan, this book explains the origins and significance of the momentous 2018 Economic Partnership Agreement and its parallel Strategic Partnership Agreement.Set within the historical context of the 1991 Hague Declaration and Action …
EU–Japan Relations and the Crisis of Multilateralism
Av Julie Gilson
Häftad, 2019
733 kr
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Presenting the history of relations between the European Union and Japan, this book explains the origins and significance of the momentous 2018 Economic Partnership Agreement and its parallel Strategic Partnership Agreement.Set within the historical context of the 1991 Hague Declaration and Action …
Narrative Management in Corporate Japan
Investor Relations as Pseudo-Reform
Av Chie Yorozu
Häftad, 2020
471 kr
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Scandals and failures in some of the best known international Japanese-owned companies have shown that there is sometimes a considerable difference between the public and internal narratives of Japanese firms. This book explores the extent to which Japanese firms’ public claims reflect wider …
Hegemony and the US‒Japan Alliance
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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It is widely recognised that the increasing importance of the US‒Japan alliance is strongly linked to emerging threats in the Asia Pacific, with China’s rise and the ambitions of North Korea having brought the two allies closer together. This book, however, seeks to question whether these factors …
Race and Migration in Imperial Japan
Inbunden, 1994
2578 kr
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A high degree of cultural and racial homogeneity has long been associated with Japan, with its political discourse and with the lexicon of post-war Japanese scholarship. This book examines underlying assumptions. The author provides an analysis of racial discourse in Japan, its articulation and …
Internationalization of Japan
Av Glenn D. Hook, Michael Weiner
Inbunden, 1992
1517 kr
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The Internationalization of Japan provides the English-speaking reader with the opportunity to hear what some of Japan's leading social scientists and other commentators have to say about the internationalization of their country as well as their country's impact overseas.The topic is of extreme …
Steel Industry in Japan
A Comparison with Britain
Inbunden, 1996
2190 kr
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Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies.
Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area
Inbunden, 1994
2578 kr
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As the end of the century approaches, the Asian-Pacific region is becoming the most important economic area in the world. Pekka Korhonen examines the nature of Japan's economic rise since World War II, and its relations with other countries in the Pacific area. This in turn led to an optimistic …
Greater China and Japan
Prospects for an Economic Partnership in East Asia
Häftad, 1996
849 kr
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Contemporary relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by differing responses to the impact of Western colonialism during the mid-nineteenth century and the legacy of the Cold War. There are mutual suspicions: the Chinese fear of a Japanese military revival and the …
Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan
Inbunden, 1996
2578 kr
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Once thought of as a 'vanishing people', the Ainu are now reasserting both their culture and their claims to be the 'indigenous' people of Japan. Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan is the first major study to trace the outlines of Ainu history. It explores the ways in which competing versions …
Japanese Business Management
Restructuring for Low Growth and Globalisation
Av Harukiyo Hasegawa, Glenn D. Hook
Inbunden, 1997
2578 kr
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In this study the views of Japan's leading experts on the globalization of Japanese business, management and industrial relations explain how traditional Japanese-style management is responding to the changes following the collapse of the bubble economy. The areas covered include the changes made …
Japan and Asia-Pacific Integration
Pacific Romances 1968-1996
Inbunden, 1998
2504 kr
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Japan and Asia Pacific Integration is a study of regional integration in the greater Pacific area during 1968-1996. It examines the political rationale of such international organisations as the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, and the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC). There is a …
Japan's Economic Power and Security
Japan and North Korea
Inbunden, 1999
2504 kr
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Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs? This Adelphi Paper assesses the overall trajectory of Japan’s security policy over the last decade, and the impact of a changing Japanese military posture on the stability of East Asia.The …
Japanese Education Reform
Nakasone's Legacy
Inbunden, 2001
2433 kr
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The Japanese education system has attracted increasing attention over the past 20 years, largely due to the belief that it has been central to Japan's economic growth. Many have felt, however that the system is stunted by an inability, or perhaps even on an incapacity, to change. This study …
Political Economy of Japanese Globalisation
Av Harukiyo Hasegawa, Glenn D. Hook
Inbunden, 2001
1821 kr
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The Political Economy of Japanese Globalisation reveals the key dimensions of Japanese globalisation today by analysing both its inward and outward manifestations. This is the first book to examine fully the issue of globalisation in relation to Japan. Organised in three parts, The Political …
Japan's Contested Constitution
Documents and Analysis
Av Glenn D. Hook, Gavan McCormack
Inbunden, 2001
2303 kr
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Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan. Subjects covered include;* the no war, `pacifist' clause* tension between the constitution and the US-Japan security treaty* the political import of the …
Japan's Contested Constitution
Documents and Analysis
Av Glenn D. Hook, Gavan McCormack
Häftad, 2001
754 kr
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Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan. Subjects covered include;* the no war, `pacifist' clause* tension between the constitution and the US-Japan security treaty* the political import of the …
Japan and Okinawa
Structure and Subjectivity
Av Glen D. Hook, Richard Siddle
Inbunden, 2002
2504 kr
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Japan and Okinawa provides an up-to-date, coherent and theoretically informed examination of Okinawa from the perspective of political economy and society. It combines a focus on structure and subjectivity as a way to analyze Okinawa, Okinawans and their relationship with global, regional and …
Nikkeiren and Japanese Capitalism
Av John Crump
Inbunden, 2003
785 kr
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This book provides a history of Nikkeiren (the Japanese Federation of Managers' Organisations) and an account of post-war capitalist development in Japan. The author challenges the principal interpretations of how the economy functions revealing a darker side of Japanese capitalism in his …
Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era
Refabricating Lifetime Employment Relations
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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First Published in 2004. This book provides an in-depth examination of one of the most central and defining aspects of capitalist modernity in contemporary Japan-the lifetime employment system. It investigates the key themes surrounding the system, including the work attitudes and values of …
Production Networks in Asia and Europe
Skill Formation and Technology Transfer in the Automobile Industry
Inbunden, 2003
785 kr
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This book explores Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry. In Part I the authors examine industrial organization and policy issues in Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines and Indonesia, looking at Japanese investment and the relative policy successes …
Japan and the G7/8
1975-2002
Av Hugo Dobson
Inbunden, 2004
2578 kr
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This book analyses Japan's international relations and participation in the multilateral forum, the G8, since its creation in 1975. The author explores the motivation of the Japanese government and non-governmental actor's aims and objectives and examines how and to what extent they have been …
Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan
Inbunden, 2004
2504 kr
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This book analyzes the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization. Hiroko analyzes state attempts and policies to intervene into women's bodies and everyday lives to integrate them into the Japanese political economy. Based on Foucault's concept of …
Japan's Subnational Governments in International Affairs
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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This book moves away from the common belief that Japan’s international relations are firmly the preserve of the national government in Japan’s highly centralised political system. Examining examples of subnational governments (SNGs) across Japan the book uncovers a significant and generally …
Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan
The Rebirth of a Nation
Inbunden, 2004
2578 kr
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Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan presents new material on grassroots peace activism and pacifism in two major groups active in the post-World War 2 peace movement - workers and housewives. Yamamoto contends that the peace movement, which was organised in tandem with other activities to promote …
Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry
Inbunden, 2004
1562 kr
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Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry analyses changes in production networks in the Japanese electronics industry. Japan's post-war success in the assembly industries is frequently attributed to innovative approaches to the organization of production: Japanese assemblers have …
Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce
Inbunden, 2004
762 kr
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Globalisation and Women in the Japanese Workforce contributes to the debate about the impact of globalisation upon women. It examines the effect of restructuring upon women's employment in Japan and describes the actions women are taking individually and collectively to campaign for change in their …
Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature
A Critical Approach
Av Rachael Hutchinson, Mark Williams
Häftad, 2006
943 kr
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Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature looks at the ways in which authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’ in their work. Drawing on methodology from Foucault and Lacan, the clearly presented essays seek to show how …
Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature
A Critical Approach
Av Rachael Hutchinson, Mark Williams
Inbunden, 2006
2879 kr
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Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature looks at the ways in which authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’ in their work. Drawing on methodology from Foucault and Lacan, the clearly presented essays seek to show how …
Contested Governance in Japan
Sites and Issues
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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Contested Governance in Japan extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it. This volume discusses the contested nature of governance in Japan and the ways in which a range of actors are …
