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  • Japan and the G7/8

    1975-2002

    by Hugo Dobson ...
    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    This book analyses Japan's international relations and participation in the multilateral forum, the G8, since its creation in 1975. The author explores the motivation of the Japanese government and non-governmental actor's aims and objectives and examines how and to what extent they have been achieved. Presenting a wealth of new research this theoretically informed book will be of interest to ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Japan and UN Peacekeeping

    New Pressures and New Responses

    by Hugo Dobson ...
    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    Japan's postwar constitution in which the Japanese government famously renounced war forever has meant that the country has been reluctant, until recently, to commit its armed forces in the international arena. However, in the last decade or so, Japan has played a much more active role in peacekeeping and its troops have been deployed as part of UN ... Read more

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  • Japan and Britain in the Contemporary World

    Responses to Common Issues

    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    Britian and Japan in the Contemporary World provides up-to-date analyses of these two countries in terms of economics, politics, security and identity on the global, regional, subnational and civic levels.The book moves beyond an analysis of state-to-state relations between Britain and Japan by examining the role of civil society in the relationship and analyzing the way the two countries deal ... Read more

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  • The Group of 7/8

    by Hugo Dobson ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    Part of Routledge’s leading Global Institutions Series, this book is a highly accessible, up-to-date introduction to the history, present and future of the G7/8 summits, exploring the role that the G8 plays and will play in global governance.Hugo Dobson examines the G8 and its position in global governance in terms of its relationship to the more formal and truly institutionalized mechanisms of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Japan's International Relations

    Politics, Economics and Security

    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies 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 century. The book has been fully updated and revised to include comprehensive discussions of contemporary ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • Japan and Britain at War and Peace

    Edited by Hugo Dobson, Nobuko Kosuge ...
    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    Since the events of the Second World War the relationship between Japan and Britain has undergone an extraordinary transformation, from bitter conflict to peaceful alliance. Japan and Britain at War and Peace is a multilayered examination of this bilateral relationship with an emphasis on the issue of reconciliation.Reconciliation is explored in a broad sense and in a number of areas from economic ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Global Governance and Japan

    The Institutional Architecture

    Edited by Glenn D. Hook, Hugo Dobson ...
    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    Leading specialists from Europe and Japan examine the institutional mechanisms of governance at the global level and provide concrete evidence of the role Japan plays in these institutions. An excellent introduction to the concept of global governance, the volume analyzes how global governance actually works through the global institutional mechanisms of governance. It provides an up-to-date and ... Read more

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  • Former Prime Ministers in Japan

    Power, Influence and the Role of Informal Politics

    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Despite growing international interest in the position and power of the Japanese prime minister, there is little existing research on what happens after these figures leave office. Examining both pre-war and post-war Japan, this book investigates what Japanese prime ministers have done after stepping down and what influence they have ... Read more

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    External Involvement on the Continent

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    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy framework in order to study how these powers have attempted to stimulate democracy, peace and prosperity in the context of neo-liberal hegemony and ... Read more

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  • Africa and the North

    Between Globalization and Marginalization

    Edited by Ulf Engel, Gorm Rye Olsen ...
    Series series New International Relations
    An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system.This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations.The book provides a solid empirical analysis of key ... Read more

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  • Responsibility to Protect

    At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they had a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide and mass atrocities and pledging to act in cases where governments manifestly failed in their responsibility. This marked a significant turning point in attitudes towards the protection of citizens ... Read more

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  • Japan's Subnational Governments in International Affairs

    Series series The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
    This book moves away from the common belief that Japan’s international relations are firmly the preserve of the national government in Japan’s highly centralised political system. Examining examples of subnational governments (SNGs) across Japan the book uncovers a significant and generally unrecognised development in Japanese politics: SNGs are ever more dynamic international actors as national ... Read more

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