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  • Collected Writings of J. A. A. Stockwin

    Part 1

    by J.A.A. Stockwin ...
    Series Book 1 - Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan
    The volume opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch of the author's original 'meeting with Japan', which began in 1961after taking up a post at ANU, Canberra (the result of a successful response to an advert in the Manchester Guardian). After twenty-one years in Australia, Arthur Stockwin moved back to the UK to take the chair of the then recently-established Nissan Institute of Japanese ... Read more

    $666.48 CAD

  • Japan's Multilayered Democracy

    by Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Alon Levkowitz, Lionel Babicz, Wered Ben-Sade, Michal Daliot-Bul, Ofer Feldman, Ayala Klemperer-Markman, Kurt Radtke, Ben-Ami Shillony0, Kiichi Tachibana1, J.A.A. Stockwin2, Nissim Otmazgin4, Eyal Ben-Ari5 ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the literature on democratization. It examines different aspects of Japanese democracy—historical, institutional, and sociocultural—to provide a conscious understanding of the nature and practice of democracy, both in Japan and beyond. The book's chapters ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • The Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System

    by Junji Banno ...
    Translated by JAA Stockwin ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    The 1889 Meiji constitution: how it actually worked, the establishment of the Diet and the shifting roles and interests of the parties. A Japanese classic translated by one our leading authorities. ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

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  • Between Two Empires

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    New in the Short History of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a comprehensive, readable history of the land of the Rising Sun, from its ancient origins to its fascinating present.Japan is a country of contradictions and extremes. It is a country of age-old practices and cutting edge technology, strong martial traditions and refined artistic accomplishments. Few countries have been the ... Read more

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