We are delighted to be celebrating the golden jubilee of Japanese Studies at Sheffield University this year. To mark the occasion we are offering 20% discount off ALL of the 47 titles in the Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series.
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Edited by Glenn D Hook, from the University of Sheffield, UK, this well-established series with one of the pre-eminent institutions for Japanese Studies in Europe publishes cutting-edge research and authoritative introductory texts on modern Japan and the Japanese. Editorial policy encourages leading and promising younger scholars to contribute especially social scientific analysis on a wide range of Japan-related subjects.
Below are a selection of our bestselling titles in the series. To claim your 20% discount on any title, simply enter the code GDC71 at checkout to receive your discount (offer available until 20th March 2013).
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first...
Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
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
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
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...
Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in...
Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
This book is the first attempt to examine Japan’s relations with Russia from the perspective of national identity; providing a new interpretation of Japan’s perceptions of Russia and foreign policy. Alexander Bukh focuses on the construction of the Japanese self using Russia as the other,...
Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
This study examines how Japanese policy toward Middle East security issues is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan’s security alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East. Yukiko Miyagi introduces the historic roots of Japan’s policy, and then focuses on the...
Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series
Nationalisms in Japan brings together leading specialists in the field to discuss how notions of ‘nationalism’ in modern Japan impinges on all aspects of social, political and cultural understanding of the Japanese nation or the Japanese state. This book is clearly presented and jargon-free, and...
Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
