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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 207 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Japan.
16. Geographies of the Japanese Cultural Economy : Innovation and Creative Consumption
Sammanfattning : What is the role of the consumer in the contemporary cultural economy? Where are culturaleconomy innovations and competitiveness created? This thesis aims to provide tentativeanswers to these questions by focusing on some illustrative examples from the Japanesecultural economy. However, rather than primarily describing firm strategies or industrialdynamics, emphasis is put on the places and practices of users. LÄS MER
17. Huis Ten Bosch: Mimesis and simulation in a Japanese Dutch town
Sammanfattning : With the advance of capitalism, new communication technology and expansion of mass media, places and culture increasingly tend to be deterritorialized, time and space arrangements are renegotiated, social and cultural relationships are commercialized and commodified. Simulated and themed environments have attracted considerable attention as concrete expressions of "culture in motion". LÄS MER
18. Conceptual Politics in Practice : How Soft Power Changed the World
Sammanfattning : Concepts are a key feature of academic research and international politics. Despite the fact that interpreting, classifying and communicating the world through concepts has far-reaching social and political consequences, their various roles and complex dynamics remain poorly understood in International Relations (IR). LÄS MER
19. Women and Politics in Japan : A Combined Analysis of Representation and Participation
Sammanfattning : Notwithstanding the country’s socio-economic advancement, Japanese women’s presence in politics lags far behind many less developed countries. They are politically silent as their demands hardly reach the centre of political decision-making. LÄS MER
20. Narratives and Bilateral Relations : Rethinking the "History Issue" in Sino-Japanese Relations
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of the thesis is to present a framework that makes possible an understanding of bilateral relations that challenges mainstream International Relations (IR) approaches through a study of the “history issue” in Sino-Japanese relations. A secondary aim is to provide an alternative understanding of this issue. LÄS MER