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  • Don’t Confuse Me, Yamori-kun, Vol. 1

    Translated by Leighann Harvey ...
    Series Book 1 - Don’t Confuse Me, Yamori-kun
    Over summer break, Mori has decided to change his look along with Yamori, the guy behind him in class. Their seasonal debut is a success…but why is Yamori now in girl’s clothing? And suddenly he’s acting strangely and making suggestive comments…?! ... Read more

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  • Governance and Democracy in Asia

    Series series Modernity and Identity in Asia Series
    This book examines what citizens think about governance and democracy and the actual practices of governments in Asia, one of the most dynamic and divergent regions of the world. Using public opinion surveys and other evidence, the authors investigate such topics as government perception, human rights, democracy, and political development for a total of seven countries located in East, Southeast, ... Read more

    $34.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Politics in Comparative Perspective

    From the East to the West, and Then Whither?

    Japan lives twice. Japan belonged to the East before 1962, when The Economist’s editorialized, "Consider Japan". It gave the world a warning-cum-welcoming signal to Japan about joining the West. Thereafter Japan belonged to the West in science, industry and international law, whereas Japan was regarded psychologically in the West as belonging to the East in sakura, sushi, and snow country. After ... Read more

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  • Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century

    Continuity and Change

    This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan’s foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-building and human security activities, Asian multilateralism, and the Indo-Pacific concept. This collection focuses on these evolving international relationships through Japan’s unique approach to ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Japan’s International Relations at the Crossroads

    Wars, Globalization and Japanese Theorizings in the Extended Twentieth Century

    This book discusses Japan’s international relations prior to 1945 with its focus on war and after 1945 during the Cold War era with its focus on globalization and also examines Japan’s international relations as an academic discipline. Part I describes and analyzes (1) how modern Japan coped with the coerced opening of the country, (2) how major powers aspired and alternated their hegemonic ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Citizens and the State

    Attitudes in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia

    Series series Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
    This book is about the relationship between citizens and the state. Their relationship has tended to be argued from a top down perspective without systematically examining empirical data about their association. In contrast, Citizens and the State, analyses the relationship from a primarily bottom up standpoint. Using the 18 country cross-national survey (the Asia-Europe Survey) data it examines ... Read more

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  • Digitized Statecraft of Four Asian Regionalisms

    States' Multilateral Treaty Participation and Citizens' Satisfaction with Quality of Life

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book attempts to develop a novel way of conceptualizing regionalism under hyper-globalization. Until recently, regionalism has been often framed in terms of economic interdependence and security connectivity in which sovereign states are the key navigators within the liberal world order. Under hyper-globalization in the third millennium, hyper-globalization forces us to capture global ... Read more

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  • Digitized Statecraft in Multilateral Treaty Participation

    Global Quasi-Legislative Behavior of 193 Sovereign States

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is a rarity in that it opens a genuinely creative new vista for understanding global politics as distinguished from international politics, enhancing the vision for understanding global subjects such as multilateral treaties and the Covid-19 virus. Six hundred multilateral treaties deposited in the UN are conceptualized as a bundle of quasi-social contracts by sovereign states. A state’s ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy

    Edited by Takashi Inoguchi ...
    Comprising 60.3 percent of the world’s 7.2 billion population, Asia is an enigma to many in the West. Hugely dynamic in its demographic, economic, technological and financial development, its changes are as rapid as they are diverse.The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy provides the reader with a clear, balanced and comprehensive overview on Asia’s foreign policy and accompanying theoretical ... Read more

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  • Exit, Voice and Loyalty in Asia

    Individual Choice under 32 Asian Societal Umbrellas

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides insightful observations and analyses of Asian citizens’ behaviour associated with requests to get a permit in conditions typically characterized by bureaucratic callousness. Using the AsiaBarometer Survey data on quality of life, it studies various types of behaviour using the multi-level regression models for 32 countries. In doing so, the book provides insights into how these ... Read more

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  • Political Cultures in Asia and Europe

    Citizens, States and Societal Values

    Series series Politics in Asia
    This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia. Drawing on data from the largest cross-national survey on political culture for the last half a century, this book assesses how political culture differs across the two regions and whether this can be drawn back to a profound difference in basic ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Quality of Life in Asia

    A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book studies and compares quality of life in 29 countries/societies in Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea(South), Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. We utilize the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD