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History

Hannah Snell: Cross-Dressing Ideology in 18th-Century Naval Culture

Professor Yoriko Ishida from Japan’s Oshima College shares the remarkable story of Hannah Snell, a woman who managed to successfully pass herself off as a man while serving as a marine on a Royal Navy vessels for four years.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts & Literature

Crime Fiction and the City: The Rise of a Global Urban Genre

Dr Bill Phillips, Senior Lecturer in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, writes about the association of crime fiction with the city and the rise of particular kind of protagonist, the hard-boiled detective.
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Cultural & Area Studies

New Approaches to the “Golden Age” of British Television Comedy

Daniel Reast, from the University of Portsmouth, UK, looks back at the development of British television comedy after the Second World War. He reflects on the way that the best comedy responds to the social, political, and cultural situations occurring around the programme.
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Media, Film & Journalism, Politics, International Relations & Law

Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica: Understanding Politics and International Relations

Dr Joel Campbell of Troy University, Pacific Region, reflects on how the socio-political ideas of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica have gained greater depth and understanding of the world over the years.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Interpreting Trump, Brexit and Putnam’s Games

Kenneth Houston and Jason Briggs offer insight into their analysis of the domestic pressures of populist electoral politics in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the relationships of both states with the international community.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Art and Everyday Life: Early Avant-Garde in 1920s Japan

Using the example of collage and montage artworks, Olga Isaeva illustrates how found everyday objects and fragments of reality provided 1920s Japanese avant-garde artists with tools to grasp the modern time and the role of art, the artist and the audience.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

The Power That Lies Within: Ideologies in Daniel Craig’s Bond Films

Sarah Kelley of the University of Bristol, UK, maps some of the ideas and themes conveyed in Craig’s Bond films to possible influences from their socio-political contexts, with a particular focus on Skyfall and Spectre.
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Education, Technology

A Paperless Classroom: Benefits and Challenges

Laurence Craven of the American University of Sharjah, UAE, discusses the advantages and the potential issues of substituting technology for paper in the classroom.
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Education, History

Oxbridge Adjusts: Renewing an Elite

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, examines the reforms the medieval universities of Oxford and Cambridge underwent during the nineteenth century and questions whether the two institutions can shake off their elitist reputation.
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The House of Wisdom Interdisciplinarity in the Golden Age of the Arabic Empire Suzi Elhafez Jorg Reuter
Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

The House of Wisdom: Interdisciplinarity in the Golden Age of the Arab-Islamic Empire

Suzi Elhafez examines the efficacy of interdisciplinarity in the Golden Age of the Arab-Islamic Empire in informing approaches to multimodal art practices and expanding knowledge domains within a contemporary context.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Americans Who Take Flight: Group Differences in Adjustment Among American Expats

Dr Kellina Craig-Henderson explores the social psychology of expatriation for Americans who have left the United States in the light of their group status and personal identity resulting from formative experiences within the United States.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Stateless Persons and Climate Refugees in Asia

Dr Mayumi Yamada discusses displaced populations within Asia in terms of their status within international law, questioning who can protect the stateless beyond national boundaries.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Feminization of Terror: Boko Haram and Female Suicide Bombers in Nigeria

Dr Azeez Olaniyan discusses the use of women and girls for suicide bombings by the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria, examining how girls are sourced for these deadly missions as well as Boko Haram’s motivations for pursuing this “feminization of terror”.
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China's Wealth and Happiness Paradox Matthew Monnot
Business & Economics, Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

The Goods Life: China’s Wealth and Happiness Paradox

Dr Matthew J. Monnot of the University of San Francisco discusses the contrast between decades of GDP growth in China and stagnant levels of individual life and job satisfaction.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

The Power of an Image: The Black Madonna of Częstochowa

Dr Anna Hamling of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, examines the historical and cultural significance of religious icon the Black Madonna of Częstochowa to the people of Poland.
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Public Image, Private Lives Bondage and Discipline Angela Wilson
Cultural & Area Studies

Public Images, Private Lives: Professional Bondage and Discipline

Angela Wilson analyses newspaper advertisements for specialised bondage and discipline services to compare them with other newspaper advertising, to comment on public perception of this industry, and to examine the blurring of truth and fantasy by service providers and their clients.
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Kevin Burkett Irish Immigrants Boys From Vepery Ian Michael
Cultural & Area Studies, History, Media, Film & Journalism

Boys from Vepery: John Footman’s Journey from the Ravages of “Gorta Mór”

Ireland’s Great Famine, “Gorta Mór”, had far-reaching effects for the Irish population in the mid-nineteenth century, leading millions to migrate in search of a better future. As part of a documentary film project, Dr Ian Michael, Fokiya Akhtar and Dr Michael R. Ogden explore the journey made by Dr Michael’s own ancestor, John Footman, from rural Cork to Madras, India.
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Falklands Calling Andrea Bellot
Cultural & Area Studies, Politics, International Relations & Law

“Falklands Calling”: The Local Community in Terms of Global Interaction

How has the way the Falkland Islanders see themselves and interact with the rest of the world evolved after, and as a result of, the 1982 war? Dr Andrea Bellot examines how islanders have experienced a transition from a small and isolated community to a more connected society.

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Education

Whither (or Wither) Equality in Teacher Education? (An Invitation to a Conversation)

Entrance to teacher education is a highly political issue with high entrance scores and some form of aptitude test being the norm. This article by Dr Yvonne Masters of the University of New England, Australia, is a discussion starter to examine the questions: who is missing out and is equity being ignored under the guise of quality?
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Long Elegiac Shadows Oliver Hadingham
History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Long, Elegiac Shadows: The Legacy of the 1914-1918 War

One hundred years on, how are we commemorating the First World War? An examination of the political, economical and social implications of the 1914-1918 conflict.
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Damballah_La_Flambeau_Hector_Hyppolite André Breton Surrealism: A Global Cultural Movement with Local Political Agency
Cultural & Area Studies, History, Politics, International Relations & Law, The Arts & Literature

Surrealism: A Global Cultural Movement with Local Political Agency

Lauren Walden of Coventry University explores the impact of the surrealist movement on the local politics of Haiti, Martinique and Mexico through the diplomatic role played by André Breton, the founder of surrealism.
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Business & Economics, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Employees Seek Justice as Religion and Work Intersect

In this perspective from the United States, Dr Pramila Rao of Marymount University showcases how religion impacts the workplace.
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Power to the Population? The Census under Review Lynn Killick
Politics, International Relations & Law

Power to the Population? The Census under Review

Regarded by many as the backbone of national statistics, the UK’s population census will in future be conducted online and augmented by data derived from other government sources, without the need for explicit consent of the population. Lynn Killick, Alistair S. Duff, Mark Deakin and Hazel Hall examine public attitudes to an online census.
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A Gentleman's Education – Then As Now Oliver Hadingham
Education, History

A Gentleman’s Education – Then as Now

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, discusses the reform and growth of the English public school system in the nineteenth century and the forces that drove its change during this period.
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10,000 Hour Rule Language Teaching Frances Shiobara
Education, Language Learning

The 10,000 Hour Rule and What it Means for Language Teaching

Professor Frances Shiobara examines whether Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule can be applied to language learning and examines opportunities for maximising students’ second language acquisition in the context of the Japanese education system.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Henry VIII’s Verse and Katherine of Aragon: The Chivalric Court

Dr Rebecca Moore of the University of Arkansas, United States of America, examines the ways in which Henry VIII used poetics and performances to establish the iconography of his court and the relevance, within this context, of Henry’s specific choice of the older Katherine of Aragon as queen.
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Financial Slack and Firm Performance During an Economic Downturn Andreas Gruener Ingeborg Raastad
Business & Economics

Financial Slack and Firm Performance During an Economic Downturn

Using the most recent economic downturn in Germany as an example, Andreas Gruener and Ingeborg Raastad examine whether financial slack has an impact on performance in the particularly hostile environment of an economic downturn.
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Sino-Japanese Relations
Cultural & Area Studies, Politics, International Relations & Law

Mutual Distrust between China and Japan and the Locked Sino-Japanese Relations

Bilateral relations between China and Japan have historically been positive, yet the two countries have formed a situation of mutual distrust regarding both strategic and moral issues. Shi Chen discusses the reasons for the “locked” status of Sino-Japanese relations.

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Politics, International Relations & Law

Counterbalancing the European Court of Justice’s Dominion on Fundamental Rights

Maria Maddalena Giungi examines whether the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, established in 2007, could trigger a new wave of policies focused on fundamental rights to counterbalance the growing power of the ECJ.
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Media, Film & Journalism, The Arts & Literature

Olivia de Havilland as the Bad Girl: 100 Years

Hollywood legend, Olivia de Havilland, once said, “I like life! I want to have more of it. To venture more, create more, experience more. Oh, I want to go on for a very long time”. Having celebrated her 100th birthday this year, she has done just that. Dr. Victoria Amador explores the actress’s life, career, and the strength behind her spirited disposition
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

Lingering Images in Japanese Popular Culture (17/20)

In Part 17 of Professor Stuart D.B. Picken’s “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, he looks at the ways in which Japanese popular culture reflects the nation’s traditional values, and influences those of today.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Suicide in Contemporary Japan (16/20)

In Part 16 of Professor Stuart D. B. Picken’s monograph “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, he examines case studies of the different types of suicide present in modern-day Japan, from group and pact suicide, to forced suicide.
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Salaryman. Nogi Syndrome, Workoholism and Karoshi. THINK IAFOR
Cultural & Area Studies, History

Japanese Survivor Syndrome, Workaholism and Karoshi (15/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explores the influence of Nogi syndrome and post-World War 2 survivor syndrome on modern-day Japanese work culture, in Part 15 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph.

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Kamikaze Japan THINK IAFOR
Cultural & Area Studies, History, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Militarism and Suicide in Japan: Meiji to Showa (14/20)

From the 1932 “Three Human Torpedoes”, followed by a growing trend of group suicide, to the kamikaze suicide pilots of World War 2, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken examines the ways in which the militarist tradition of suicide has survived into Japan’s modern history.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism and the Neo-Samurai (13/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the ways in which Japan’s Confucian social structures of harmony, duty and loyalty relate to its history of loyalty-inspired suicide in Part 13 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Bushido: The Way of Death (12/20)

In Part 12 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the apparent influence of the mentality of bushido, the way of the warrior, on Japanese attitudes towards death.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy

Japanese Buddhist Vs Christian Images of Death (11/20)

In Part 11 of Professor Stuart D. B. Picken’s “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, he compares and contrasts the Christian view of death with that of the Japanese Buddhist.
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Japanese mourning THINK IAFOR
Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Mourning and Object Loss (10/20)

In Part 10 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken explains the subtle cultural differences between the Japanese view of death and that found in other cultures, principally those that have been influenced by Christianity.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History, The Arts & Literature

The Death Poem and Buddhism in Japan (9/20)

Poetry and the death poem existed in Japan long before Buddhism, but it brought with it a new and lasting significance, explains Professor D. B Picken in Part 9 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Politics, International Relations & Law

Religion and War: The Wartime Tribalization of Universal Religions

Dr. Brian A. Victoria explores the nature of the relationship between religion and war, and the implications of it on our “shared humanity”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Popular Buddhist Death Cults: From Suicide to Mummifcation (8/20)

From suicide cults and self mortification to the worship of benevolent cultic figures such as Jizo and Amida, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the ways in which Buddhism in Japan provided a metaphysic of death that enabled the people to endure the hardships of life in the hope of a better hereafter, in Part 8 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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Buddha and Kami in Japan THINK IAFOR
Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

The Arrival and Acceptance of Buddhism in Japan (7/20)

Professor D. B. Picken looks at the introduction of Buddhism into Japan, how it was received and how it influenced the cultural mentality of the Japanese people in Part 7 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” series.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Buddhism and death in Japanese society (6/20)

Professor D. B. Picken examines the history, formation, evolution and continuing importance of death systems in Japan in Part 6 of his 20-part series, “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Kami and Ancestors: Death in the Japanese Tradition (5/20)

In Part 5 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” monograph, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at kami, and how the concern of the Japanese for the welfare of ancestral spirits is a feature that runs throughout their history and permeates every aspect of Japanese culture.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, History

Parallel Worlds: Folk Religion, Life & Death in Japan (4/20)

In Part 4 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the themes sounded in the classics that continue into modern Japan, and at the ancient folk beliefs, customs and rituals that are still maintained in many places today.
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Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Media, Film & Journalism, Technology

How Islamic State Uses Propaganda in the Service of Genocide

Wiktor Pastucha & Aleksandra Spychalska look at the extreme ways in which Islamic State uses modern communication technologies to promote its propaganda and facilitate its plans of genocide.
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Cultural & Area Studies, The Arts & Literature

Death and the Dead in Japan’s Literary Classics (3/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken uses two great classics of Japanese literature, the Manyoshu and the Nihonshoki, to glean invaluable insights into the ancient Japanese understanding of the nature of human life and the origins of death in Part 3 of his “Death in the Japanese Tradition” series.
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Attitudes to Death in Ancient Japan THINK Death in the Japanese
Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Buddhism & Burial: Attitudes to Death in Ancient Japan (2/20)

In Part 2 of his serialised monograph, “Death in the Japanese Tradition”, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at Japanese attitudes to death through the ages, from primal awakenings to Prehistoric perceptions.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Death in the Japanese Tradition: An Introduction (1/20)

The first instalment of Professor Stuart Picken’s serialised monograph “Death in the Japanese Tradition: A Study in Cultural Evolution and Transformation”, explains where his study of the subject began, and outlines where he will go with it.
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Sustainability, Energy & the Environment

Food, Nature and Community: Urban Agriculture’s Synergies with Ecological and Social Sustainability

After participating in a New York community garden for over a decade, George Martin explains how the revival of urban agriculture can benefit more than just the sustainability of food production.

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Hikikomori Japan Alexcander KriegTHINK IAFOR
Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Reclusive Shut-ins: Are Hikikomori Predominantly a Japanese Problem?

Alexander Krieg outlines the misconceptions surrounding hikikomori, and the ways in which social withdrawal may be best explained by existing psychiatric disorders.
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Hikikomori Apartments Japan THINK IAFOR
Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Hikikomori: Applying Culture-bound Theory to Acute Social Withdrawal

Dr. Maree Sugai puts forward the argument that the ‘opting out’ of society manifested in Japan is culture reactive and is a social epidemic that is growing.
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History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Did Emma Cunningham Wrongfully Spend Years on Death Row?

Professor Ruth Johnson Carter looks at the ways in which the murder trial of Emma Cunningham exemplified how race, wealth and geographical location effect the fairness of death row trials.
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History, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment in Religion

Dr. George D. Chryssides looks at the nature of power in religious communities, with particular reference to new religious movements, or “cults”, and how this power is used by leaders.

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Writing Multicultural America: The Powers of Canon and Ethnicity - A. Robert Lee
Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

Writing Multicultural America: The Powers of Canon and Ethnicity

America has long been taken up with the issue of cultural identity, and its literary authorship has been no less engaged. Who gets to say what writing best speaks for the culture? A. Robert Lee examines the formation of the American literary canon.
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Prof. Myles Chilton Global English
Language Learning, The Arts & Literature

Global English: Disciplining the Discipline

Professor Myles Chilton reflects in what is at stake in transgressing disciplinary limits in English language teaching. What are the limits? Who sets these limits? What is the value of incorporating English literature study into the study of English language?

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Measuring Creativity Brian Birdsell
Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Cornering the Muses: A Multifaceted Approach to Measuring Creativity

Brian Birdsell uncovers some of the complexity and uncertainty surrounding creativity – a construct which is far from straightforward within the field of psychology.

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Revolution, Transformation and Utopia: The Function of Literature - Bill Ashcroft
Cultural & Area Studies, The Arts & Literature

The Function of Literature: Revolution, Transformation and Utopia

Professor Bill Ashcroft uses two very different examples of Indigenous art to look at how art and literature can have the capacity to speak to power by speaking beyond it in the context of twentieth-century conflict.
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New Directions in Japan under the Abe Government: Constitution, Defence and Nationalism – Prof. J.A.A. Stockwin
History, Politics, International Relations & Law

New Directions in Japan under the Abe Government: Constitution, Defence and Nationalism

Professor J.A.A Stockwin looks at Japan’s development under the Abe Government, including the political system, the ‘Peace Constitution’, human rights and foreign policy.
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