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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • Democratization and Constitutional Reform in Thailand
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    Democratization and Constitutional Reform in Thailand

    TOYAMA Ayako

    This book examines the phenomenon of the "judic...
    This book examines the phenomenon of the "judicialization of politics," which has attracted attention as one of the causes of the retreat of Thai democracy, focusing on the May 1992 bloodshed, the ...
  • Development Monks in Northeast Thailand Development Monks in Northeast Thailand
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    Development Monks in Northeast Thailand

    LAPTHANANON Pinit

    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks ...
    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks as development agents in rural Thailand. Through 20 years of field studies, and with a focus on Northeast Thailand (which is known as Isan and long cl...
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    Myths and Realities Myths and Realities
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    Myths and Realities

    TAMADA Yoshifumi

    This study challenges the prevailing view that ...
    This study challenges the prevailing view that Thailand's democratization process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class. It presents an alternative explanation, examining certain 'passive...
  • Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society
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    Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society

    HASEGAWA Koichi, YOSHIHARA Naoki

    One effect of globalization has been urban rest...
    One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The mult...
  • The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia
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    The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia

    SHIRAISHI Takashi

    The rise of the new middle classes in Southeast...
    The rise of the new middle classes in Southeast Asia has brought about important transformations in various countries - politically, socially, economically, and culturally - while producing new 'Ea...
  • Governance and Democracy in Asia Governance and Democracy in Asia
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    Governance and Democracy in Asia

    INOGUCHI Takashi

    This book examines what citizens think about go...
    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 opini...
  • After the Crisis After the Crisis
    $74.95
    After the Crisis

    SHIRAISHI 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 ...
  • Between Hills and Plains Between Hills and Plains
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    Between Hills and Plains

    HAYAMI Yoko

    In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen i...
    In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen in northwestern Thailand are located "betwixt and between" the peripheries and the mainstream of the modern nation-state. It demonstrates how the Karen...
  • Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao
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    Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao

    HAYASHI Yukio

    Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents ...
    Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents the local history of Thai-Lao religion and society, up to and including its present-day dynamics. Working from the analytical premise that concepts su...
  • Laying the Tracks Laying the Tracks
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    Laying the Tracks

    KAKIZAKI Ichiro

    A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and ...
    A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and Kyoto University Press, this economic history of the early development of Thailand's railways details the rail policies of the royal government, from ...
  • Commodifying Marxism Commodifying Marxism
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    Commodifying Marxism

    TEJAPIRA Kasian

    In this study of the formation of modern Thai r...
    In this study of the formation of modern Thai radical culture, Tejapira reveals a process of cultural and political interaction which results in a mutual transformation of exogenous Marxism/communi...