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  • The Global Education Effect and Japan

    Constructing New Borders and Identification Practices

    Edited by Neriko Doerr ...
    Series series Politics of Education in Asia
    This volume investigates the "global education effect"—the impact of global education initiatives on institutional and individual practices and perceptions—with a special focus on the dynamics of border construction, recognition, subversion, and erasure regarding "Japan". The Japanese government’s push for global education has taken shape mainly in the form of English-medium instruction programs ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Heritage, Nationhood, and Language

    Migrants with Connections to Japan

    Edited by Neriko Doerr ...
    The notion of "heritage" has become one of the global tropes in recent years. At the heart of heritage politics are three questions: what heritage is, who decides what it is, and for whom is the decision made. However, existing work on heritage language has rarely tackled these questions, assuming that teaching children of migrants their "heritage language" empowers them.This book challenges this ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

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  • The Global Intercultural Communication Reader

    Edited by Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin ...
    The Global Intercultural Communication Reader is the first anthology to take a distinctly non-Eurocentric approach to the study of culture and communication. In this expanded second edition, editors Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, and Jing Yin bring together thirty-two essential readings for students of cross-cultural, intercultural, and international communication. This stand-out collection ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

  • The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication

    Edited by Thomas K. Nakayama, Rona Tamiko Halualani ...
    Series series Handbooks in Communication and Media
    The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication aims to furnish scholars with a consolidated resource of works that highlights all aspects of the field, its historical inception, logics, terms, and possibilities.A consolidated resource of works that highlights all aspects of this developing field, its historical inception, logics, terms, and possibilitiesTraces the significant historical ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • English in Japan in the Era of Globalization

    Edited by P. Seargeant ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Language Policy in Japan

    The Challenge of Change

    by Nanette Gottlieb ...
    Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the number of migrants needing opportunities to learn Japanese as a second language, the other is the influence of electronic technologies on the way Japanese is written. This book looks at the impact of these developments on linguistic behaviour ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Intercultural Communication in Japan

    Theorizing Homogenizing Discourse

    Edited by Satoshi Toyosaki, Shinsuke Eguchi ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    Japan is heterogeneous and culturally diverse, both historically through ancient waves of immigration and in recent years due to its foreign relations and internationalization. However, Japan has socially, culturally, politically, and intellectually constructed a distinct and homogeneous identity. More recently, this identity construction has been rightfully questioned and challenged by Japan’s ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life

    by John R. Baldwin, Robin R. Means Coleman, Suchitra Shenoy-Packer, Alberto González ...
    Written for students studying intercultural communication for the first time, this textbook gives a thorough introduction to inter- and cross-cultural concepts with a focus on practical application and social action.Provides a thorough introduction to inter- and cross-cultural concepts for beginning students with a focus on practical application and social actionDefines “communication” broadly ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • When Half Is Whole

    Multiethnic Asian American Identities

    by Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu ...
    Series series Asian America
    "I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind . . . not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now."So explains ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Japan's China Policy

    A Relational Power Analysis

    by Linus Hagström ...
    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    Japan's China Policy understands Japan's foreign policy in terms of power - one of the most central concepts of political analysis. It contributes a fresh understanding to the subject by developing relational power as an analytical framework and by applying it to significant issues in Japan's China policy: the negotiations for a bilateral investment protection treaty and the disputed Pinnacle ... Read more

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  • Occupational Science

    Society, Inclusion, Participation

    Edited by Gail E. Whiteford, Clare Hocking ...
    Occupational Science: Society, Inclusion, Participation is the must have resource for occupational therapists, occupational scientists, students and researchers. The book begins with a comprehensive review of the current literature and the knowledge generated to date. Reasons for the field's limited impact are proposed, including its focus on individuals rather than groups and communities, its ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD