KIYO - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Building Sustainable Agrifood Systems and Resilient Rural Communities in Japan explores the challenges Japan has been facing as a post-industrialized society. Through case studies across rural Japan……続きを見る

In 2018 South Africa's so-called mother city, Cape Town came into the global spotlight as being the first city in the world to (almost) 続きを見る

Comment produire et diffuser des connaissances porteuses de transformation sociale? Comment la volonté de contribuer concrètement aux efforts d’organisation ou d’actions collectives influence-t-elle……続きを見る

Trans-Pacific Japanese American Studies is a unique collection of essays derived from a series of dialogues held in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Los Angeles on the issues of racializations, gender, communities……続きを見る

Cet article d’introduction au numéro thématique intitulé « Les petites sociétés vues du Québec : études et chantiers », présente dans un premier temps quelques critiques du concept de petite société……続きを見る

Winner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Asia and Asian American Section Book Award Winner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Political Sociology Section Distinguished Con……続きを見る

In this study on the Japanese economy, the author focuses on three problems related to economic policy and presents their answers. The author analyzes (i) what mechanisms exist for fiscal policy and……続きを見る

“Troppo fragile per lavorare e troppo povero per andare in pensione” è diventata la nuova normalità. L’incombente crisi globale delle pensioni non interessa solo i lavoratori attivi e i pensionati: ……続きを見る

¿Qué sucede cuando nos aproximamos al deseo más allá de las categorías binarias? ¿Están los cuidados atravesados por el género? ¿Qué relación existe entre identidad, orientación y política sexual? ¿……続きを見る

L'Illusion commune publié en 1968 deux ans après la parution de son premier chapitre «du tabou» dans la revue Bungei donna un grand coup surtout aux étudiants qui cherchaient en vain à s'armer de qu……続きを見る

Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies. 続きを見る

The convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting raises many questions. What form will convergence take in the future? When convergence produces new opportunities in the information, education……続きを見る

In 2010 approximately 15 percent of all new marriages in the United States were between spouses of different racial, ethnic, or religious backgrounds, raising increasingly relevant questions regardi……続きを見る

This book acknowledges and highlights the moral excellence embedded in black queer practices of family. Taking the lives, narratives, and creative explorations of black queer people seriously, Thela……続きを見る

Technical Notes and Manuals are produced by IMF departments to expand the dissemination of their technical assistance advice. These papers present general advice and guidance, drawn in part from unp……続きを見る

Kendo is the modern version of Japanese swordsmanship. This book focuses on kendo's philosophical infrastructure, its history and its potential contributions to personal growth. The purpose of this ……続きを見る

This book analyses two international incidents in the 1920s shocked Japan and changed the way in which the country looked at the West. In the Paris Peace Conference, Japanese proposed Racial Equalit……続きを見る

This book uses a post-modern approach to explore how Japanese returnee students (kikokushijo) and former returnees who work in Japanese industry, negotiate multiple identities. Methodological triang……続きを見る

What makes Japanese music sound Japanese? Each genre of Japan's pre-Western music (hogaku) morphed from the preceding one with singing at its foundation. In ancient Shinto prayers, words of power re……続きを見る

Grassroots Fascism profiles the Asia Pacific War (1937–1945)ーthe most important though least understood experience of Japan's modern historyーthrough the lens of ordinary Japanese life. Moving deft……続きを見る

This book takes up the question of Christian queer theology and ethics through the contested lens of "redemption." Starting from the root infinitive "to deem," the authors argue that queer lives and……続きを見る

Deeply traditional in their thinking but inherently pragmatic by nature, Japanese immigrants in Hawaii were driven by conviction to unite under the mantra, "For the Sake of the Children!" to commit ……続きを見る

This book contributes to an understanding of how bifurcation theory adapts to the analysis of economic geography. It is easily accessible not only to mathematicians and economists, but also to upper……続きを見る

This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on ……続きを見る

From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health has been shaped to reflect the mental health needs of children and adolescents in low and middle income countries of the world. It als……続きを見る