Author: Joy Hendry
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: japanese, studies, routledgecurzon, institute, play, nissan, japan
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-12-12
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415379377
ISBN-13: 9780415379373

This book explores the myth, so abused by the mass media, that the Japanese are a grey, anonymous mass of efficient, obedient workers. The articles shed light on a Japan outside officialdom, a lively Japan of tumultuous and independent thought, inefficient and aesthetic, pleasure-loving, aggressive and wasteful, creative and anti-authoritarian. The book’s truly international contributors examine the role in modern Japanese society of a range of leisure and play activities, from drinking to travel, football to karaoke, tattoos to rock fandom. They explore how things that seem like play in

Author: Shijie Yao
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzo
Keywords: routledgecurzon, studies, chineseeconomy, century, growth, china’s, economic, sustaining
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-06-10
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415297265
ISBN-13: 9780415297264

Economic growth in China has been exceptionally strong in recent decades, but the country still faces enormous economic problems, including huge poverty, uneven regional development, the problems associated with strengthening capital formation, and modernising and making more productive the very large former state sector. This book presents the work of a wide range of leading economists of China, all members of the prestigious Chinese Economics Association, who put forward new research findings and new thinking on a wide range of issues connected with the problem of sustaining China’s ec

Author: Bernard Faure
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: studies, asian, religion, routledgecurzon, context, buddhism, ritual, chan
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-08-22
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0415297486
ISBN-13: 9780415297486

Authors:Shujie Yao, Jian Chen,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: studies, chinese, economy, routledgecurzon, china, competition, growth, globalisation
Number of Pages: 365
Published: 2006-04-07
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415351979
ISBN-13: 9780415351973

This book explores the current state of globalization, competition and growth in China, presenting much new work and new thinking on a wide range of important issues. China has produced an economic miracle since the late 1970s in its transition from a planned to a market economy. This remarkable economic performance was brought about by an open-door policy and gradual integration with the world economy, culminating in China’s admission into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Studies included in this book focus on issues such as foreign direct investment, international trade, ref

Authors:Hiroyi Akiba, Koji Fukuda,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: international, series, routledgecurzon, waseda, governance, nice, european
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-07-29
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 070071717X
ISBN-13: 9780700717170

What is the impact of institutional reform implemented by the Nice Treaty on European Governance? What should be done to enhance democratic legitimacy in the EU? This book provides an up-to-date guide to understanding the European Union as an institution. Globalisation has led to enormous changes in the international environment which, in turn, have demanded institutional reform of the European Union in the form of the Nice Treaty. European Governance After Nice scrutinises how, and to what extent, the treaty will contribute to the solution of existing problems, examining both its positive eff

Author: Kullada Ke Mead
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Keywords: modern, history, asia, studies, routledgecurzon, decline, thai, absolutism, rise
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-09-27
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0415297257
ISBN-13: 9780415297257

Author: Peng Er Lam
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: centre, japanese, studies, routledgecurzon, sheffield, power, relations, china, facing, rising, japan’s
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2006-04-28
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0415372178
ISBN-13: 9780415372176

The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of a rising China and a stagnating Japan. Questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict, the book reviews China and Japans bilateral ties to see whether they have deepened and broadened despite differences in outlook, national interest and political systems. Adding a new perspective to the Sino-Japanese political relations discussion, the book looks beyond the interactions of central governments to examine the role of NGOs, local governments and sub-regional linkages. The co