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Remaking Citizenship In Hong Kong - Community, Nation And The Global City

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. The authors provide a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China.
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Imperialism In Southeast Asia

by Nicholas Tarling

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 Examining the imperialist phenomenon from a wide-ranging perspective, this work reveals imperialism as driven by rivalry; and facilitates comparison: imperialism has elements in common, yet differs according to the territory in which it operates. It analyses attempts to re-establish control after the overthrow of imperial regimes in World War II.
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Chinese Media, Global Contexts

by Lee Chin-Chuan

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 This volume provides the most expert, up-to-date and multidisciplinary analyses on how the contemporary media function in what has rapidly become the world's biggest market.
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Fertility, Family Planning And Population Policy In China

63,59€ + 10% CARD

 China''s one-child population policy, first initiated in 1979, has had an enormous effect on the country’s development. By reducing its fertility in the past two decades to less than two children per woman, and developing a family planning program focused heavily on sterilization and abortion, China has undergone a significant transition in status to a demographically developed country. Bringing together contributions from leading academics, this book looks at the impact of the government''s strict control over planning and population growth on the family, the wider society and the country''s demography. The contributors examine developments such as family planning policy and contraceptive use, biological and social determinants of fertility, patterns of family and marriage and China''s future population trends. As such it will be essential reading for academics, researchers, policy makers and government officials with an interest in China’s population policy.
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Japanese Industrial Governance - Protectionism And The Licensing State

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 This book uses a wide range of original Japanese sources to trace important aspects of the history of Japanese economic ideas, in particular, the development of Japan's industrial policy.
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Genders, Transgenders And Sexualities In Japan

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity in Japan.
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China On Video - Smaller-Screen Realities

by Paola Voci

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 This book relocates Chinese independent moviemaking from a film to a visual culture perspective enabling the authorÂ to explore the role that other movies (mostly, but not exclusively, popular culture products) play in the making of experimental and non-mainstream visual culture.
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Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities And Nationalism - De-Centering China

by Elena Barabantseva

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 This book examines the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities.
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Japanese Diasporas - Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents And Uncertain Futures

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 This text examines the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendants (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on the political, social and economic struggles of Nikkei.
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American Occupation Of Japan And Okinawa - Literature And Memory

by Michael S. Molasky

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 Through careful analysis of literary texts and attention to writers and works long excluded from Japan's postwar literary canon, this book introduces fresh perspectives on the occupation era.
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Internationalizing The Pacific - The United States, Japan And The Institute Of Pacific Relations, 1919-1945

by Tomoko Akami

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 Akami's study of the Institute of Pacific Relations offers insight into the formation of the dominant ideologies and institutions of regional and international politics in the Pacific during the inter-war years.
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Developmental Dilemmas - Land Reform And Institutional Change In China

by Peter Ho

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform, the People's Republic of China.
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Medi@Sia - Global Media/Tion In And Out Of Context

by T.J.M. Holden e Timothy J. Scrase

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 This inter-disciplinary volume provides a comparative, case-based, sociological analysis of media in Asia today, examining the link between media and society.
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Koreans In Japan - Critical Voices From The Margin

62,26€ + 10% CARD

 This book covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the everyday lives of Koreans in Japan. It is a pioneering study which fills a gap in existing literature for students and researchers in the fields of Asian studies, politics and sociology.
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Education Of Migrant Children And China'S Future - The Urban Left Behind

by Holly H. Ming

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 There are more than 225 million rural-to-urban migrant workers, and some 20 million migrant children in Chinese cities. Because of policies related to the household registration (hukou) system, migrant students are not allowed a public high school education in the cities, so their urban education stops abruptly at the end of middle school. This book investigates the post-middle school education and labor market decisions of migrant students in Beijing and Shanghai, and provides a glimpse into the future of a crucial link in China’s development. The stories of how these migrant students seek upward mobility and urban citizenship also reveal one of the most intricate structural inequalities in China today. Based on quantitative data collected from middle schools in Beijing and Shanghai, and ethnographic data drawing on in-depth interviews with migrant children, their parents, and teachers, this book offers a portrait of the migration and educational experiences and prospects of second generation migrant youth in China today. It explores the urban experience of migrant students, contrasting it with that of local city youngsters, examining the migrant students’ family backgrounds, family dynamics, neighborhood and school experience, and interaction with locals. It goes on to look at the migrant students’ education and career aspirations, the structural obstacles preventing their fulfilment, and how migrant families respond to institutional constraints on educational opportunity. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of policy implications and offers proposals for resolving the dilemmas of migrant youth. This book will of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, Asian education, migration and social development.
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Remolding And Resistance Among Writers Of The Chinese Prison Camp - Disciplined And Published

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 Presenting extensive analysis of literary and biographical accounts, this illuminating book provides a window to the affective side and emotional tenor of day-to-day life in modern day labour camps in China.
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Writing Okinawa - Narrative Acts Of Identity And Resistance

by Davinder L. Bhowmik

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 This book traces the development ofÂ Okinawan literatureÂ over the tumultuous past century, during which the island experienced imperial subjectification, wartime annihilation, a protracted American occupation, and reversion to Japan.
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Vientiane - Transformations Of A Lao Landscape

by Colin Long, Marc Askew e William Logan

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 This book is a rich exploration of the country's political, social and cultural history and geo-political development from its creation to the present day.
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Transcultural Japan - At The Borderlands Of Race, Gender And Identity

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 Shedding new light on the manifestations of difference in Japan from a diverse range of authors and perspectives, this extraordinary book is a study of those persons who are very much part of Japanese society today, but whose voices have long been neglected, silenced or oppressed.
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Popular Culture, Globalization And Japan

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 This exciting and fascinating text explores the 'Japanessness' of Japanese popular culture by focusing on the intersection of globalization and popular cultural products associated with Japan.
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Maid In China - Media, Morality, And The Cultural Politics Of Boundaries

by Wanning Sun

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 This compelling book examines the mobility of domestic workers, at both material and symbolic levels, and of the formation and social mobility of the urban middle-class through its consumption of domestic service.
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How China Works - Perspectives On The Twentieth-Century Industrial Workplace

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 Presenting compelling case study material, international specialists examine the labour issues surrounding the workplace in China during a tumultuous time in the countryâ€™s history and reassesses the significance of labour process theory in the context of the changing Chinese workplace.
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Pirate Modernity - Delhi''S Media Urbanism

by Ravi Sundaram

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 Using Delhi’s contemporary history as a site for reflection, Pirate Modernity moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US planners in the 1950s, to the massive expansions after 1977, culminating in the urban crisis of the 1990s. As a practice, pirate modernity is an illicit form of urban globalization. Poorer urban populations increasingly inhabit non-legal spheres: unauthorized neighborhoods, squatter camps and bypass legal technological infrastructures (media, electricity). This pirate culture produces a significant enabling resource for subaltern populations unable to enter the legal city. Equally, this is an unstable world, bringing subaltern populations into the harsh glare of permanent technological visibility, and attacks by urban elites, courts and visceral media industries. The book examines contemporary Delhi from some of these sites: the unmaking of the citys modernist planning design, new technological urban networks that bypass states and corporations, and the tragic experience of the road accident terrifyingly enhanced by technological culture. Pirate Modernity moves between past and present, along with debates in Asia, Africa and Latin America on urbanism, media culture, and everyday life. This pioneering book suggests cities have to be revisited afresh after proliferating media culture. Pirate Modernity boldly draws from urban and cultural theory to open a new agenda for a world after media urbanism.
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Democracy In Occupied Japan - The U.S. Occupation And Japanese Politics And Society

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 With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society, and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on contemporary Japan.
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