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UENO Chizuko
This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
OGUMA Eiji
The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...
HIROTA Noboru
Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi
Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
YOSHIMOTO Hideko
Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...
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$89.95
ABE Ken-Ichi, NICKUM James E.
China encompasses a wide range of natural envir...China encompasses a wide range of natural environments and human communities. Focusing on specific regional changes over time, this book presents empirical studies that examine the diversity of int... -
$34.95
UENO Chizuko
This award-winning book brings together Chizuko...This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combining historical, sociological, anthropological, and journalisti... -
$34.95
KAWAKAMI Norito
Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what ...Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what extent do class and occupational positions affect one's health? How does social capital relate to illness? In what ways does social structure influenc... -
$34.95
WATANABE Hiroyuki
Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous...Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous relationships between people and whales in Japan become reduced to the single relationship of killing whales for their meat. He argues that from the ... -
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IWATA Masami, NISHIZAWA Akihiko
Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes...Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes Japan having become the world's second largest economy in the latter half of the 20th century, the awareness of poverty in Japan has been concealed. ... -
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SHIMA Mutsuhiko
Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ... -
$39.95
KOSAKA Kenji, OGINO Masahiro
In 2003, a number of sociology and social work ...In 2003, a number of sociology and social work faculty members at Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) commenced an ambitious program in pursuit of social research that might serve to enhance human we... -
$34.95
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... -
$89.95
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... -
$59.95
NOBUTA Toshihiro
Orang Asli is a generic name given to the indig...Orang Asli is a generic name given to the indigenous people living on the Malay Peninsula. Using extensive ethnographic data, Living on the Periphery reveals the way in which state-initiated develo... -
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ABE Shigeyuki
In the face of the financial crisis of East Asi...In the face of the financial crisis of East Asia in 1997, Japan successfully pressed forth the Miyazawa Plan and other efficient rescue packages while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ... -
$79.95
FURUKAWA Kojun
Social Welfare in Japan is an important study o...Social Welfare in Japan is an important study of the historical development and fundamental characteristics of social welfare in Japan and beyond. Reviewing arguments about the welfare state and th...