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  • Researching Happiness

    Qualitative, Biographical and Critical Perspectives

    by Ilona Suojanen, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Barbara Holthus, Sarah Coulthard, Kelly Johnson, David Beel, Claire Wallace, Richard Gibbons, David Tross, Nicholas Hill, Neil Thin ...
    In the past, happiness studies has been dominated by the work of philosophers, economists and psychologists, but more recently there has been a growing interest from social scientist into the natures of happiness and wellbeing.This original collection draws on the latest empirical research to explore the practical challenges facing happiness researchers today, such as how to conduct happiness ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Life Course, Happiness and Well-being in Japan

    Edited by Barbara Holthus, Wolfram Manzenreiter ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    Much of the existing literature on happiness in Japan has been produced in the field of economics and psychology and is quantitative in nature. Here, for the first time, a group of anthropologists and sociologists jointly analyze the state of happiness and unhappiness in Japan among varying social groups in its physical, interpersonal, existential and structural dimensions, offering new insights ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Happiness and the Good Life in Japan

    Edited by Wolfram Manzenreiter, Barbara Holthus ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Contemporary Japan is in a state of transition, caused by the forces of globalization that are derailing its ailing economy, stalemating the political establishment and generating alternative lifestyles and possibilities of the self. Amongst this nascent change, Japanese society is confronted with new challenges to answer the fundamental question of how to live a good life of meaning, purpose and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics Open Access

    Edited by Barbara Holthus, Isaac Gagné, Wolfram Manzenreiter, Franz Waldenberger ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Asia
    This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic, and political challenges facing contemporary Japan.Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offer hidden insights and new perspectives on the Games. These include city planning, cultural politics, financial issues, language use, security, education, ... Read more

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  • Synergy, Healing, and Empowerment

    Insights from Cultural Diversity

    by Richard Katz, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu ...
    Guided by the concept of synergy, this groundbreaking collection explores alternatives in the areas of counseling, education, and community health and development. Synergy refers to the process of two or more things coming together to create a new, greater, and often-unexpected whole. When synergy exists, formerly scarce resources can expand and become renewable and accessible to all. Drawing upon ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Intimate Disconnections

    Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan

    by Allison Alexy ...
    In many ways, divorce is a quintessentially personal decision—the choice to leave a marriage that causes harm or feels unfulfilling to the two people involved. But anyone who has gone through a divorce knows the additional public dimensions of breaking up, from intense shame and societal criticism to friends’ and relatives’ unsolicited advice. In Intimate Disconnections, Allison Alexy tells the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Social Happiness

    Theory into Policy and Practice

    by Neil Thin ...
    The development of happiness as an explicit theme in social research and policy worldwide has been rapid and remarkable, posing fundamental questions about our personal and collective motives and purposes.This book examines the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains. It argues that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Japanese Model of Schooling

    Comparisons with the U.S.

    by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi ...
    Series series Reference Books In International Education
    In this book, Dr. Tsuneyoshi observes the educational approach of two nations, one most often cited as being the home of rugged individualism, and the champion of the free market, the other more often cited as being the most groupist amongst the industrialized societies, known for strong central guidance. He argues that American approach individualizes assistance, is competitive, focuses on the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing

    Social Justice as Praxis

    Edited by Paula N. Kagan, Marlaine C. Smith, Peggy L. Chinn ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
    *** Awarded First Place in the 2015 AJN Book of the Year Award in two categories - "History and Public Policy" and "Professional Issues" ***This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and education within frameworks of social justice and critical theories. Social justice nursing is defined by the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Japan's Changing Generations

    Are Young People Creating a New Society?

    Edited by Gordon Mathews, Bruce White ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. It argues that while young people in Japan in their teens, twenties and early thirties are ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Japanese Education in an Era of Globalization

    Culture, Politics, and Equity

    by Gary DeCoker, Christopher Bjork ...
    This volume documents the significant changes that have occurred in Japanese schools since the collapse of that nation’s economic bubble. Before the recession, Japan was the country that most educational reformers sought to emulate due to its students’ performance on standardized tests. Now, however, a different and more complicated picture of the Japanese education system emerges. This book ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • Exploring Japanese University English Teachers Professional Identity

    by NAGATOMO, Diane Hawley ...
    This book examines the professional identities of a highly influential group of English language teachers in Japan: Japanese university English teachers. It focuses on how relatively new teachers develop their professional identities, how gender impacts the professional identities of female professors, and how teaching practices and beliefs reflect personal and professional identity. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD