RIETI - Social & Cultural Studies 1

This open access book provides an in-depth examination of Japan's policy responses to the economic challenges of the 1980s and '90s. While MITI's earlier role in promoting rapid growth has been addr……続きを見る

Questionner nos origines, comprendre l’évolution et la vie quotidienne, des grands singes aux premiers hommes et des premiers hommes à l’homme actuel, tel est le voyage dans le temps que vous propos……続きを見る

Significant Food is a collaborative work of textual analysis and criticism that chews on the role and prominence of food in American literature. The volume offers close readings of many well-known, ……続きを見る

PROGNOSIS: DISASTER SECOND EDITION is a book about human induced environmental change and disease. Climate change, global warming and deforestation threaten human, animal, and plant populations with……続きを見る

A key manual for human rights education and litigation in sport, in particular before the European Court of Human Rights. This essential book describes the scope and limits of the European Court of ……続きを見る

Fairies might be good or bad, and encounters with them funny or fatal. They can take on the form of people or animals, or they may have no form at all, as when a person walking in the woods is “led ……続きを見る

Manuel d’éducation aux droits humains et au contentieux dans le domaine du sport, en particulier devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme NB: Les données de la version française ont été mises……続きを見る

There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture. Those believed to have the power to influence the fortunes of others are not mythological characters but neighbours, relation……続きを見る

This book is a collection of 13 essays centering on supernatural serials such as television programs, video games, anime, and manga, featuring teen protagonists and marketed to teen audiences. These……続きを見る

This book offers novel insights into how students can develop a personal growth mindset during their degree programs that allows them to view new challenges as opportunity to grow personally, reflec……続きを見る

This book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts. Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including 'vul……続きを見る

Drawing from her own interviews and a wealth of material from the Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive, Barbara Rieti explores the range and depth of Newfoundland witch tradition, looki……続きを見る

What is human well-being? Valerie Tiberius argues that our lives go well to the extent that we succeed in terms of what matters to us emotionally, reflectively, and over the long term. In other word……続きを見る

Despite clear legal rules and political commitments, no significant progress has been made in nuclear disarmament for two decades. Moreover, not even the use of these weapons has been banned to date……続きを見る

The cliché of the Ugly Americanーloud, vulgar, materialistic, chauvinisticーstill expresses what people around the world dislike about their Yankee counterparts. Carrie Tirado Bramen recovers the hi……続きを見る

An investigation of the role of learning and its impact on policy change, as exemplified in European Union climate policy integration. Although learning is often considered an important factor in ef……続きを見る

Giovanni Falcone, quando il suo destino era prossimo a Capaci, diceva che generalmente si muore perché si è soli o perché si è entrati in un gioco troppo grande o, peggio ancora, perché non si dispo……続きを見る

Social change requires relentless incrementalism with both a strong heart and patience. It has no room for ego. It has no room for hierarchies. It demands that we talk with people who are creating o……続きを見る