Description
Product ID: | 9780367221676 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) |
Subtitle: | Multidisciplinary Perspectives |
Authors: | Author: Jeff Kingston, Tina Burrett, Noriko Murai |
Page Count: | 356 |
Subjects: | History, History, Society and culture: general, Politics and government, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Japan |
Description: | Japan in the Heisei Era (1989-2019) provides a retrospective and multidisciplinary account of a society in flux. Featuring analyses from leading scholars around the globe, this textbook examines the evolving contexts of Japan throughout the Heisei era and how longstanding verities and values are being called into question. Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) provides a retrospective and multidisciplinary account of a society in flux. Featuring analyses from leading scholars around the globe, this textbook examines the evolving contexts of Japan throughout the Heisei era and how longstanding verities and values have been called into question. Asking what this holds for Japan’s future relations with the world and within its own communities, chapters delve beneath the layers of a complex and increasingly diverse society, exploring topics including simmering ethnonationalism, economic torpor, political stagnation, and cultural dynamics. Features of this textbook include: Providing students with dynamic analyses of how contemporary Japanese society continues to transform, this textbook is essential reading for students of Japanese Studies, including Japanese culture, society, history, and politics. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-02-22 |