Asian States

Beyond the Developmental Perspective

Edited by Richard Boyd, Tak Wing Ngo

A team of international leading experts provide a much needed re-examination of the theoretical claims and the empirical foundation of developmental state theory. Asian States argues...

Published April 12th 2005 by Routledge.

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Japanese Linguistics

Critcal Concepts in Linguistics

Edited by NATSUKO TSUJIMURA

Traditionally, linguistic research has focused on the Indo-European language family - particularly English - and languages like Japanese and Chinese have not been pursued in...

Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge.

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Japan's Changing Generations

Are Young People Creating a New Society?

Edited by Gordon Mathews, Bruce White

Japan's Changing Generations argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to...

Published March 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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Contested Governance in Japan

Sites and Issues

Edited by Glenn D. Hook

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...

Published March 21st 2005 by Routledge.

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Political Philosophy in Japan

Nishida, the Kyoto School and co-prosperity

By Christopher Jones

Political Philosophy in Japan focuses on the politics of Japan's pre-eminent philosophical school - the Kyoto School - and particularly that of its founder, Nishida...

Published March 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Prospects for North Korea Survival

By David Reese

Published February 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Japanese Company in Crisis

By Fiona Graham

Japanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research...

Published February 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan

By Catherine Burns

This book provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. It describes the culture of 'eroticised violence' in Japan, which...

Published February 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle

The case of the cotton textile industry, 1945-1975

By Helen Macnaughtan

This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the better...

Published December 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Understanding Japanese Savings

Does Population Aging Matter?

By Robert Dekle

Japan's savings are among the highest in the world, and these high rates have played a valuable role throughout the post-war period. However, over the...

Published December 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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