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In the years since Independence in 1962, Jamaica?s foreign policy has reflected the flux and reflux of international affairs. There has been continuity in the midst of change; and while the country...

Addresses Jamaican women's previously unrecognised roles in both World Wars Provides rare accounts of military service through women's personal recollections Establishes a link between Jamaican...

This volume brings fresh perspectives to the study of James Bond. With a strong emphasis on the process of Bond's incarnation on screen and his transit across media forms, chapters examine Bond in...

Includes interviews with family-members and associates, involving P. Dasgupta, M. Weale, D. Vines and S. HowsonProvides rare secondary material on MeadeLooks at the economics, politics and life of...

James Graham is one of the UK?s leading dramatists, a multi-award-winning writer who for almost 20 years has analysed and articulated concepts of power and authority in modern British society. James...

"A fine collection of essays exploring, and in many cases extending, Jim Buchanan's many contributions and insights to economic, political, and social theory."- Bruce Caldwell, Professor of...

Jane Austen and PerformanceAuthor: Marina CanoPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jan 27, 2017Number of Pages: 212 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 3319439871ISBN-13:...

This book makes connections between selfhood, reading practice and moral judgment which propose fresh insights into Austen's narrative style and offer new ways of reading her work. It grounds her...

This book uses the figure of the Victorian heroine as a lens through which to examine Jane Austen's presence in Victorian critical and popular writings. Aimed at Victorianist readers and scholars,...

Jane Austen and Vampires is the first book to investigate the literary convergence of Jane Austen and vampires in Austen fanfic after the success of Stephenie Meyer?s Twilight (2005) and Seth...

This book brings together up-to-date research from prominent international scholars in a collaborative exploration of the Japan?s efforts to shape Asia?s rapidly shifting regional order. Pulled...

This book examines the development of Japan?s human security diplomacy for global health in the pre- and post-COVID-19 world. In the light of global health politics and human security studies, it...

Japan Decides 2017: The Japanese General ElectionAuthor: Robert J. PekkanenPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jun 11, 2018Number of Pages: 351 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

This book employs a comparative approach to explore the decision-making processes behind the Japanese and Italian foreign policies concerned with East Asia, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. It...

This book examines the struggles of the Japanese economy over the last 30 years, analyzing in detail the formation of the huge economic bubble in the 1980s, its collapse at the beginning of the...

This open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan?s aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of...

This cutting edge collection examines Japan?s population issue, exploring how declining demographic trends are affecting Japan?s social structure, specifically in the context of Greater Tokyo, life...

This book explores the legacy of the Japanese empire in Korea, asking how colonialism arose as a legal idea. What was the legal process behind the establishment of colonialism as Japan's prime...

One of the first books to provide detailed empirical studies of aspects of the Japanese workplace based on naturally occurring dataOffers empirical findings on Japanese workplace practices in...

Provides a theoretically-rich treatment of Japan's historical new media contextsFocuses on films that are widely known and easily accessible Emphasizes the importance of global film culture to the...

Offers transnational analysis of selected films from new angles that shed light on previously ignored aspects of the genreProvides insightful analysis of the formal aspects of Asian horror cinema...

Japanese Human Resource Management: Labour-Management Relations and Supply Chain Challenges in AsiaAuthor: Naoki KuriyamaPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Feb 28, 2017Number of Pages:...

This cutting edge collection presents a political reading of the power of modern sport in Asia. Providing an interdisciplinary study of political and cultural tensions in Asia, past and present,...

This cutting edge collection considers how the Japanese language functions as a key element of Japanese soft power in Asia. Within Japanese culture itself, the promotion of language has been an area...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the changes that have taken place in the systems and practices of Japanese management over the last quarter century, identifies the positive and useful...

This book reviews the past 116 Japanese outbound acquisitions in three decades and determines success and failure, with the goal of explaining what works. Dr. Matsumoto emphasizes that such...

This book reviews the past 116 Japanese outbound acquisitions in three decades and determines success and failure, with the goal of explaining what works. Dr. Matsumoto emphasizes that such...

This collection of essays offers new perspectives from Japan on Nobel Prize?winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. It analyses the Japanese-born British author from the vantage point of his birthplace,...

This book focuses on the lives and peace philosophy of Japanese prime ministers from 1945 to the present, attempting to extract one consistent political philosophy, namely, the ?peace philosophy?...

Drawing on Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, this book intervenes into debates concerning the relation between jealousy and envy on the one hand, and sexual difference on the other. The author...