Bøker av Ian Neary

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the state and politics in Japan at the start of the twenty-first century. In it, Ian Neary asks if the state in Japan is in any important sense different from states in western societies.

Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. It focuses on the Burakumin activist, left-wing politician, family company manager and arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century: Matsumoto Jiichiro.

A collection of papers from the first post-Cold War international Japanese Studies conference. The historical range of the papers, including contributions from Eastern European scholars, is very broad and looks at the relevance of the "Japanese model" for the future development of Eastern Europe.

Shows Japan's group-orientated society may have had fewer so-called 'leaders', but has excelled as a society of king-makers. On the other hand, the way leadership is expressed derives from different values and perceptions of hierarchy.

Shows Japan's group-orientated society may have had fewer so-called 'leaders', but has excelled as a society of king-makers. On the other hand, the way leadership is expressed derives from different values and perceptions of hierarchy.