Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

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1-10 of 49 results in Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

1. Japan and the G7/8

   1975-2002

   By Hugo Dobson

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan

   By Takeda Hiroko

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   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...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry

   By Ralph Paprzycki

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   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...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Japan and Britain at War and Peace

   Edited by Hugo Dobson, Nobuko Kosuge

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Since the events of the Second World War the relationship between Japan and Britain has undergone an extraordinary transformation, from bitter conflict to peaceful alliance. Japan and Britain at War and Peace is a multilayered examination of this bilateral relationship with an emphasis on the issue...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Internationalization of Japan

   Edited by Glenn D. Hook, Michael Weiner

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   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...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
6. Japan's Changing Role in Humanitarian Crises

   By Yukiko Nishikawa

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Extensive news coverage of humanitarian crises, especially on television, has led to a strong public awareness of the importance of humanitarian activities. This innovative book examines the evolution of Japan’s response to humanitarian crises, placing it in the context of global...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Japan's International Relations

   Politics, Economics and Security, 2nd Edition

   By Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson, Christopher W. Hughes, Hugo Dobson

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations....

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Japan's Security Identity

   From a Peace-State to an International-State

   By Bhubhindar Singh

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the Japanese security policymaking elite...

   Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Japan's Subnational Governments in International Affairs

   By Purnendra Jain

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   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...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Japan and East Asian Monetary Regionalism

    Towards a Proactive Leadership Role?

    By Shigeko Hayashi

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    Based on original fieldwork including interviews held with Japanese officials, this text provides important new insight into Japan and East Asian relations, principally through the close examination of changes in Japan’s regional policy. Furthering discussions on Japan’s new regional activism,...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge