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  • Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia

    Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth

    Edited by David Chiavacci, Simona Grano, Julia Obinger ...
    Series series Protest and Social Movements
    Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The contributions to this book argue that ... Read more

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  • Japanese Political Economy Revisited

    Abenomics and Institutional Change

    Edited by David Chiavacci, Sébastien Lechevalier ...
    During the last 30 years, the Japanese political economy system has experienced significant changes that are usually not well understood or analysed because of their complexity and contradictions. This book provides new analyses and insights on the process of evolving Japanese political economy including Japan’s current economic policy known as Abenomics. The first three chapters looks at ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan

    Transformation during Economic and Demographic Stagnation

    Edited by David Chiavacci, Carola Hommerich ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    In recent decades Japan has changed from a strongly growing, economically successful nation regarded as prime example of social equality and inclusion, to a nation with a stagnating economy, a shrinking population and a very high proportion of elderly people. Within this, new forms of inequality are emerging and deepening, and a new model of Japan as 'gap society' (kakusa shakai) has become common ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Social Movements and Political Activism in Contemporary Japan

    Re-emerging from Invisibility

    Edited by David Chiavacci, Julia Obinger ...
    Series series The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
    This book explores social movements and political activism in contemporary Japan, arguing that the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident marks a decisive moment, which has led to an unprecedented resurgence in social and protest movements and inaugurated a new era of civic engagement. Offering fresh perspectives on both older and more current forms of activism in Japan, together with studies of specific ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Contested Governance in Japan

    Sites and Issues

    Edited by Glenn D. Hook ...
    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    Contested Governance in Japan extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it. This volume discusses the contested nature of governance in Japan and the ways in which a range of actors are involved in different sites and issues of governance at home, in the region and the globe. It includes ... Read more

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  • Building Democracy in Japan

    by Mary Alice Haddad ...
    How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture? These are some of the most pressing questions of our times, and they are the central inquiry of Building Democracy in Japan. Using the Japanese experience as starting point, this book develops a new ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Inclusive Growth And Development In The 21st Century: A Structural And Institutional Analysis Of China And India

    by Dilip Dutta ...
    Series Book 9 - Series On Economic Development And Growth
    Using case studies of both China and India, this book reinforces the fact that the processes of economic growth and development are dynamic and organic in the sense that structural and institutional elements are not only interrelated, but also constantly changing in their patterns of interactions — more so during the transitional period of both countries. Inclusiveness or its lack in some specific ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia

    Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States

    Edited by Bae-Gyoon Park, Richard Child Hill, Asato Saito ...
    Series Book 70 - IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
    Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations.Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes in East Asia, one of the most important topics in social science research over the past two decadesConsiders the Asian perspective by ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • China Today, China Tomorrow

    Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society

    Edited by Joseph Fewsmith ...
    In this timely book, a group of leading scholars provides a comprehensive assessment of China's polity, economy, and society. Taking the thirtieth anniversary of Beijing's adoption of reform and opening as an occasion to reflect on the course of development over the past three decades, the contributors consider where the country may be going in the future. Just as China has had enormous success in ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Development as Freedom

    by Amartya Sen ...
    By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century.Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • China's Vision of Victory

    by Jonathan D. T. Ward ...
    Someday we may say that we never saw it coming. After seventy-five years of peace in the Pacific, a new challenger to American power has emerged, on a scale not seen in generations. Working from a deep sense of national destiny, the Chinese Communist Party is guiding a country of 1.4 billion people towards what it calls “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” and, with it, the end of an ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • China's Political System

    Edited by Sebastian Heilmann ...
    The Chinese government is one of the most important actors in international affairs today. To thoroughly understand how the People’s Republic of China has grown in power requires a careful analysis of its political system. To what extent can China’s economic achievements be attributed to the country’s political system and its policies? What are the effects of economic modernization and global ... Read more

    $46.99 USD