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931. The Japanese Election System

     Three Analytical Perspectives

     By Junichiro Wada

     Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

     This is a unique analysis of the present Japanese political system which will interest both political economists and non-specialists alike. For the first time approaches used to analyse American and European political systems are applied to 'mysterious' Japan....

     Published June 5th 1996 by Routledge
932. Japan's Trade Policy

     Action or Reaction?

     By Yumiko Mikanagi

     Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

     This book explores the process of policy-making in Japan providing a valuable insight for academics and policy-makers into Japan's massive trade surpluses and the resultant mounting international pressure to resolve the situation....

     Published May 1st 1996 by Routledge
933. Greater China and Japan

     Prospects for an Economic Partnership in East Asia

     By Robert Taylor

     Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

     Contemporary relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by differing responses to the impact of Western colonialism during the mid-nineteenth century and the legacy of the Cold War. There are mutual suspicions: the Chinese fear of a Japanese military revival and the...

     Published April 3rd 1996 by Routledge
934. The New Rich in Asia

     Mobile Phones, McDonald's and Middle Class Revolution

     Edited by David SG Goodman, Richard Robison

     This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally. From a western perspective the rise of...

     Published March 6th 1996 by Routledge
935. The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal

     By T. Louise Brown

     Series: Politics in Asia

     In 1990 Nepal's Peoples Movement reduced King Birendra from an absolute ruler to a constitutional monarch. This book is the first academic analysis of these events and places the 'revolution' of 1990 within the context of Nepali history.Louise Brown examines the background to Nepal's recent...

     Published December 27th 1995 by Routledge
936. Women and Industrialization in Asia

     Edited by Susan Horton

     Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

     Looking at women in the Asian labour market, this book produces some surprising results and dispels some common myths regarding the position of female workers in the region....

     Published December 27th 1995 by Routledge
937. Democracy in Post-War Japan

     Maruyama Masao and the Search for Autonomy

     By Rikki Kersten

     Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

     Democracy in Post-War Japan assesses the development of democracy through the writings of the brilliant political thinker Maruyama Masao. The author explores the significance of Maruyama's notion of personal and social autonomy and its impact on the development of a distinctively Japanese...

     Published December 6th 1995 by Routledge
938. Militarisation and Demilitarisation in Contemporary Japan

     By Glenn D. Hook

     Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

     The intertwined issues of Japanese `identity' and `normality' are at the centre of the tension between internal and external pressures on Japanese defence and security policies. With chapters on peace thought, the militarisation and demilitarisation of language as well as the `hard' aspects of the...

     Published November 29th 1995 by Routledge
939. The Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System

     By Junji Banno

     Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

     The 1889 Meiji constitution: how it actually worked, the establishment of the Diet and the shifting roles and interests of the parties. A Japanese classic translated by one our leading authorities....

     Published November 22nd 1995 by Routledge
940. The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore

     By Michael Hill, Kwen Fee Lian

     Series: Politics in Asia

     Since independence in 1965 Singapore has strengthened its own national identity through a conscious process of nation-building and promoting the active role of the citizen within society. Singapore is a state that has firmly rejected welfarism but whose political leaders have maintained that...

     Published April 19th 1995 by Routledge