Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

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11-20 of 49 results in Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

11. 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 November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
12. Asian Regionalism and Japan

    The Politics of Membership in Regional Diplomatic, Financial and Trade Groups

    By Shintaro Hamanaka

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    This book explores the essential nature of regionalism by conducting a comprehensive analysis of more than 30 regionalist proposals made by Japan and other Asian countries throughout the post-war period. Shintaro Hamanaka examines the whole post war period and covers all regionalist...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
13. 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
14. Japanese Cinema and Otherness

    Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

    By Mika Ko

    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
15. Japan's National Identity and Foreign Policy

    Russia as Japan's 'Other'

    By Alexander Bukh

    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
16. Japan's Middle East Security Policy

    Theory and Cases

    By Yukiko Miyagi

    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
17. Decoding Boundaries in Contemporary Japan

    The Koizumi Administration and Beyond

    Edited by Glenn Hook

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    This book sheds light on the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries. With a focus on the period following the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro, the book grows out of a recognition that, with the Koizumi administration...

    Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge
18. Japan's Security Policy and the ASEAN Regional Forum

    The Search for Multilateral Security in the Asia-Pacific

    By Takeshi Yuzawa

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    Based on primary resources, including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan’s involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with special reference to the ARF....

    Published June 14th 2010 by Routledge
19. Japan's Relations With China

    Facing a Rising Power

    Edited by Peng Er Lam

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of ‘a rising China and a stagnating Japan’. Questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict, the book reviews China and Japan’s bilateral ties to see whether they have deepened and...

    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge
20. Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawa

    By Miyume Tanji

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    Okinawan people have developed a unique tradition of protest in their long history of oppression and marginalization. Beginning with the Ryukyu Kingdom’s annexation to Japan in the late nineteenth century, Miyume Tanji charts the devastation caused by the Second World War, followed by the...

    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge