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1. The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance

   Edited by David Williams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This is a complete translation, together with a substantial commentary and introduction, of The Standpoint of World History and Japan, by Masaaki Kosaka, Iwao Koyama, Keiji Nishitani and Shigetaka Suzuki. This important work, by leading philosophers of the Kyoto School, long regarded as one of the...

   To Be Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Governing the World?

   The Practice of Global Governance

   By David Williams

   Edited by Sophie Harman

   ‘Global governance’ has become a key concept in the contemporary study of international politics across a variety of usually discrete disciplines (international relations, politics, economics, sociology, development studies). This text provides an introduction to and exploration of the...

   To Be Published December 31st 2012 by Routledge
3. Taiwan's Environmental Struggle

   Toward a Green Silicon Island

   By Jack Williams, Ch’ang-yi David Chang

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. International Development and Global Politics

   History, Theory and Practice

   By David Williams

   This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of wider contexts. Divided into two historical...

   Published September 20th 2011 by Routledge
5. The World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics

   Liberalism, Governance and Sovereignty

   By David Williams

   Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   In the 1990s the World Bank changed its policy to take the position that the problems of poverty and governance are inextricably linked, and improving the governance of its borrower countries became increasingly accepted as a legitimate and important part of the World Bank’s development activities....

   Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge
6. Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications

   Edited by David H. Bailey, Robert F. Lucas, Samuel Williams

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science

   With contributions from some of the most notable experts in the field, Performance Tuning of Scientific Applications presents current research in performance analysis. The book focuses on the following areas. Performance monitoring: Describes the state of the art in hardware and software tools...

   Published November 22nd 2010 by CRC Press
7. The International Politics of Mass Atrocities

   The Case of Darfur

   Edited by David R. Black, Paul D. Williams

   Series: Security and Governance

   The ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan has stimulated a huge amount of political and academic interest across the world. The crisis has been both reflective and constitutive of key areas of contestation and change within contemporary international society. This book examines the crisis in Darfur as...

   Published December 15th 2009 by Routledge
8. Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education

   Edited by Miriam David, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Gill Crozier, Pauline Davis, Hubert Ertl, Alison Fuller, Geoff Hayward, Sue Heath, Chris Hockings, Gareth Parry, Diane Reay, Anna Vignoles, Julian Williams

   Series: Improving Learning

   Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education presents a strong and coherent rationale for improving learning for diverse students from a range of socio-economic, ethnic/racial and gender backgrounds within higher education, and for adults across the life course. Edited by...

   Published September 16th 2009 by Routledge
9. Mathematics and Science for Exercise and Sport

   The Basics

   By Craig Williams, David James, Cassie Wilson

   Mathematics and Science for Sport and Exercise introduces students to the basic mathematical and scientific principles underpinning sport and exercise science. It is an invaluable course companion for students who have little prior experience of maths or science, and an ideal revision aid for...

   Published June 29th 2008 by Routledge
10. The Left in the Shaping of Japanese Democracy

    Essays in Honour of J.A.A. Stockwin

    Edited by David Williams, Rikki Kersten

    Series: Routledge/Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics and History

    Leftist thought and activism stands as a defining force in the articulation of political culture and policy in modern Japan. Operating from the periphery of formal political power for the most part, the Japanese Left has had an impact that extends far beyond its limited success at the ballot box....

    Published June 14th 2006 by Routledge