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![The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests]()
The Social Ecology of Tropical ForestsJONG Wil De, ABE Ken-Ichi
The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests brings t...The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests brings together various analyses from the three major tropical regions-Southeast Asia, the Amazon basin, and Sub-Saharan Africa-and by challenging simplistic ... -
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Japanese PoliticsINOGUCHI Takashi
When the Japanese economy was on the rise, as i...When the Japanese economy was on the rise, as it was in the 1980s, it was often suggested that the Japanese way of doing things was culturally unique and inherently superior. The apparent success o... -
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Intentional Social ChangeSATO Yoshimichi
Why do some efforts to implement social change ...Why do some efforts to implement social change succeed while others fail? Yoshimichi Sato observes in this book that existing theories focus on social action at either the micro- or the macro-level... -
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Diversity of CognitionFUJITA Kazuo, ITAKURA Shoji
Cognition is a form of adaptation to the enviro...Cognition is a form of adaptation to the environment. It has been invented by organisms with well-developed neural systems. Consequently, like other adaptive characteristics, cognition is, on one h... -
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Bio-indicators of POPsTANABE Shinsuke, SUBRAMANIAN Annamalai
The global environment is ubiquitously contamin...The global environment is ubiquitously contaminated by a myriad of toxic chemicals, having teratogenic, carcinogenic, immunosuppressive, and endocrine disruptive actions. Twelve of these persistent... -
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Philosophy of Agricultural ScienceSODA Osamu
This book, written by one of the leading Japane...This book, written by one of the leading Japanese scholars in the philosophy of agricultural science, examines the relationship between human life, the natural environment, and agriculture. The aut... -
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Inequality amid AffluenceHARA Junsuke, SEIYAMA Kazuo
Highlighting the limits of existing approaches ...Highlighting the limits of existing approaches in the study of stratification in contemporary Japanese society, Inequality Amid Affluence adopts a new framework that distinguishes between the conce... -
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Gender and Japanese ManagementKIMOTO Kimiko
Using data from surveys conducted in a departme...Using data from surveys conducted in a department store and a supermarket, Kimoto discusses the forces shaping job segregation by gender. One of the main themes is the need for Japanese women's lab... -
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A Sociology of HappinessKOSAKA Kenji
Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin U...Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin University who are engaged in 'Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being', this study explores issues of happiness from a wide variety of... -
![The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education]()
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The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher EducationEADES J.S.
On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education exp...On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education experienced a 'big bang'-a set of reforms that have been described as the most significant institutional changes for over a century. One of the main aims... -
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Japan's UnderclassAOKI Hideo
Condemned by economic forces and the prejudices...Condemned by economic forces and the prejudices of others to remain forever in the underclass, the homeless and day laborers in present-day affluent Japan struggle to survive in its cities. Japan's... -
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After the CrisisSHIRAISHI Takashi, ABINALES Patricio N.
After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especi...After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especially Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-after the Asian financial crisis. This eleventh volume of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia takes ...
