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31. 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
32. Gender and the English Revolution

    By Ann Hughes

    In this fascinating and unique study, Ann Hughes examines how the experience of civil war in seventeenth-century England affected the roles of women and men in politics and society; and how conventional concepts of masculinity and femininity were called into question by the war and the trial and...

    Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
33. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

    5th Edition

    By Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett, Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett

    Learn more about health and safety with this NEBOSH-endorsed textbook, written and designed specifically to help you pass your course. Matched to the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification) Practice NEBOSH questions and sample answers...

    Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge
34. Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction

    4th Edition

    By Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett

    Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction is the definitive handbook for the National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety from NEBOSH (May 2010 specification), with each element of the syllabus explained in detail, and all the relevant legislation summarised for quick reference....

    Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge
35. Ageing in East Asia

    Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes

    Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

    Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the highest proportion of older people, or the speed at which their population is ageing is faster than anywhere else in the...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
36. Social Understanding and Social Lives

    From Toddlerhood through to the Transition to School

    By Claire Hughes

    Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

    Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in children’s social understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years. However, it is still unclear why some children’s awareness of others' thoughts and feelings lags so far behind that of their peers. Based on...

    Published March 22nd 2011 by Psychology Press
37. 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
38. International Labour Organization (ILO)

    Coming in from the Cold

    By Steve Hughes, Nigel Haworth

    Series: Global Institutions

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) is broadening its agenda and carving out a role as a key player in global economic policy-making, and this volume provides a succinct and comprehensive guide to this important organization. By charting the history and development of the ILO and...

    Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
39. Introduction to International Health and Safety at Work

    By Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett

    This NEBOSH-endorsed textbook will introduce you to the fundamentals of health and safety in the workplace, whether studying for a course or in need of more information on the subject as part of your job. Introduction to Health and Safety at Work is the definitive handbook to the National General...

    Published August 23rd 2010 by Routledge
40. Neurobiology of Huntington’s Disease

    Applications to Drug Discovery

    Edited by Donald C. Lo, Robert E. Hughes

    Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

    In 1993, the genetic mutation responsible for Huntington’s disease (HD) was identified. Considered a milestone in human genomics, this discovery has led to nearly two decades of remarkable progress that has greatly increased our knowledge of HD, and documented an unexpectedly large and diverse...

    Published July 1st 2010 by CRC Press