tanaka - Social & Cultural Studies 1

The objective of this book is to serve as an introductory guide to Hong Kong politics, employing a series of case studies from 2025 to elucidate the subject. The book is not affiliated with any part……続きを見る

This book investigates how Zimbabwean literary texts subvert state-sponsored amnesia when it comes to the many forms of past and ongoing political violence in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean Literature provide……続きを見る

In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tales tell of animals who talk to each other, deceive each other and easily transform themselves into human beings. The author, who has followed the lives ……続きを見る

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, Japan has seen a significant revival in its social activism. Large-scale social movements sprang……続きを見る

身近な場所で観察できる日本の植物を、生活ヘの利用に着目しながら日英対訳で紹介する。Introducing Japanese plants observed in everyday settings, with a focus on their uses in daily and traditional life,……続きを見る

Across Canada, new curriculum initiatives require teachers to introduce students to Aboriginal content. In response, many teachers unfamiliar with Aboriginal approaches to learning and teaching are ……続きを見る

Beginning as the Cold War entered its final thaw and ending shortly before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heisei era saw thirty years of considerable social upheaval and significant shif……続きを見る

本小冊子是依據作家親身調查和經歷而撰寫。本小冊子分析的主題是香港警務處及其招募組的問題。與外界所認知的公關，官方禮節交流，媒體報導的層面不同，從市民的不同角度切入香港政府此一異於中央人民政府或中國共……続きを見る

本小冊子反映的客觀歷史發展過程是從2023年9月7日習近平總書記在黒龍江考察調研期間宣布**「新質生產力」的新國策之後，一直到2024年有關香港改革**定調，討論以及策劃時期為止，因此香港改革尚未落實，甚至尚未開……続きを見る

作者單獨撰寫的第二本出版書《馬克思主義電影美學：黒格爾，馬克思，恩格斯，列寧，托洛茨基，愛森斯坦》(Marxist Film Aesthetics : Hegel, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Eisenstein) 正式在香港出版。 自從200……続きを見る

就香港的近年來的顛覆活動而言，其實，有三大顛覆活動。第一，反修例風波（2019-2021）；第二，反動態清零（2022-2023）；第三，撤辣（2024）。最近的放寛強拍條例也是在某種程度上，對‘房住不炒’的國策在港的實現……続きを見る

Um dos elementos que diferencia a UNASUL de processos anteriores de integração regional é a cooperação em matéria de defesa, articulada por meio do Conselho de Defesa Sul-Americano (CDS). Criado em ……続きを見る

Tanaka explores the language used in Japanese parliamentary interactions to shed light on the use of language as a tool by politicians to convince, negotiate, persuade, as well as deliver aggression……続きを見る

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

For over a century, business interests and political insiders controlled waters across the Hawaiian Islands to benefit a privileged few at the expense of stream ecology, taro farmers, and our island……続きを見る

The passing of Emperor Sh-owa marked the end of an eraーan era memorable in both war and peace. As is the custom, the new emperor’s reign was given a new name, in this case “Heisei,” but this did no……続きを見る

Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. In a nation that has traditionally been uncomfortab……続きを見る

以哈戰爭的交戰方主要是包圍和恐襲以色列的加薩 / 加沙（哈馬斯），黎巴嫩（真主黨），胡塞運動（也門）等中東恐怖主義組織（還包括其他在舒利亞及伊拉克展開作戰的伊斯蘭原教旨主義恐怖組織）以及操縱這些代理人……続きを見る

In the UK, around one in six men will experience some form of sexual violence. Many of these men who experience sexual abuse are dismissed, only brought up as the butt of a joke, an exception to the……続きを見る

This book aims to report on a cutting-edge research project of the smart grid in Japan, resting on the three pillars of field experiments, behavioral economics, and big data. The field experiments o……続きを見る

¿De qué manera el conocimiento académico puede aportar a la política y a la gestión pública? Y, al mismo tiempo, ¿qué podemos aprender en el mundo universitario de la experiencia política práctica y……続きを見る

On Mother's Day 1949, someone killed a high school girl in a church kitchen. The janitor found her body the next morning…. brutally beaten… strangled… lying in a pool of blood. Baffled police got an……続きを見る

Now available in paperback -- Jan Hatanaka's powerful, life-enhancing book on how six people, encountering significant adversity, made a conscious choice to work to build a life of meaning. Using si……続きを見る

Numerous books on the topic of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been published hitherto. Yet, no one has written about the fire and atomic bombings in the context of the U.S. justif……続きを見る

A brutal crime ripped from the headlines . . . of 1884! Who snatched 14 year old Lizzie Wilson off the streets that fateful night? Who cut her throat and tossed her corpse into an empty field? For s……続きを見る

In a time of great U.S. and global social unrest and unravelling, Systemic Collapse and Renewal presents a blueprint for how Americans can respond to that unrest by reclaiming and rebuilding our dem……続きを見る

Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflec……続きを見る

This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions. It takes a fresh look at the information availabl……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current status of policy, research and practices of curriculum, classroom instruction and assessment in Japan. It outlines the mechanis……続きを見る

This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical p……続きを見る