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1. 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
2. Liberal Democracy as the End of History

   Fukuyama and Postmodern Challenges

   By Christopher Hughes

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   Francis Fukuyama claims that liberal democracy is the end of history. This book provides a theoretical re-examination of this claim through postmodernist ideas. The book argues that postmodern ideas provide a valuable critique to Fukuyama’s thesis, and poses the questions: can we talk about a...

   Published September 29th 2011 by Routledge
3. Japan's International Relations

   Politics, Economics and Security, 3rd Edition

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

   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
4. Security Studies

   A Reader

   Edited by Christopher W. Hughes, Yew Meng Lai

   This reader brings together key contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field, offering students an informed overview of the most significant work in security studies. The editors chart the development of the key theoretical and empirical debates in security studies in the Cold War...

   Published February 17th 2011 by Routledge
5. Japan's Remilitarisation

   By Christopher W. Hughes

   Series: Adelphi series

   Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civil–military relations, domestic and...

   Published April 16th 2009 by Routledge
6. Regionalisation and Global Governance

   The Taming of Globalisation?

   Edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Christopher W. Hughes, Philippe De Lombaerde

   Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   The relationship between global governance and regionalization is fraught with ambiguity. Understanding regionalization in this context requires an understanding of its relationship, and reactive condition, with both the constellations of global governance and globalization. This book presents an...

   Published December 19th 2007 by Routledge
7. The Globalization of Political Violence

   Globalization's Shadow

   Edited by Richard Devetak, Christopher W. Hughes

   Series: Warwick Studies in Globalisation

   The events of the 11th of September 2001 revealed most dramatically that globalization has a shadow. While large sections of the world’s population enjoy the perceived benefits of globalization, others seek to utilize globalization for their own politically violent purposes. If 9/11 demonstrated...

   Published December 19th 2007 by Routledge
8. Chinese Nationalism in the Global Era

   By Christopher R. Hughes

   Series: Politics in Asia

   Presenting an analysis of the tension between nationalism and globalization in China since the beginning of the ‘reform and opening’ period in the late 1970s to the present day, this book makes a unique contribution to the on-going debate on the nature of Chinese nationalism. It shows how...

   Published March 1st 2006 by Routledge
9. Fluid Dynamics and Dynamos in Astrophysics and Geophysics

   Edited by Andrew M. Soward, Christopher A. Jones, David W. Hughes, Nigel O. Weiss

   Series: The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics

   The increasing power of computer resources along with great improvements in observational data in recent years have led to some remarkable and rapid advances in astrophysical fluid dynamics. The subject spans three distinct but overlapping communities whose interests focus on (1) accretion discs...

   Published March 15th 2005 by CRC Press
10. Japan's Security Policy and Ballistic Missile Defence

    By Christopher W. Hughes

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    Japan's Security Policy and Ballistic Missile Defence provides an analysis of a very topical and controversial subject: Japan's participation in the American 'Star Wars' missile programme. Based on extensive research and interviews with many of Japan's policy makers, this book is a must read for...

    Published September 29th 2004 by Routledge