Author: Ian Neary

Politics in Japan is undergoing a major transformation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has, since 2012, embarked upon an ambitious programme of …

Ian Neary looks in detail at the history of the introduction of human rights ideas into Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and examines how, and to what effect, state and society have incorporated the spe …

Casting new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation, this book focuses on Matsumoto Jiichiro, arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century, l …

The end of the Cold War years has brought tumultuous change. Revolutionary changes, however, are not new to the Japanese. …

Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. Ian Neary focuses on the Buraku …

Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. Ian Neary focuses on the Buraku …

Japanese society is often referred to as an example of a homogeneous culture moderated by an ethos of groupism. Yet often enough homogeneity is its own worst enemy as norms are required and enforced …

Japanese society is often referred to as an example of a homogeneous culture moderated by an ethos of groupism. Yet often enough homogeneity is its own worst enemy as norms are required and enforced …

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 …

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 …

Ian Neary looks in detail at the history of the introduction of human rights ideas into Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and examines how, and to what effect, state and society have incorporated the spe …

Ian Neary looks in detail at the history of the introduction of human rights ideas into Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and examines how, and to what effect, state and society have incorporated the spe …

The end of the Cold War years has brought tumultuous change. Revolutionary changes, however, are not new to the Japanese. …

The end of the Cold War years has brought tumultuous change. Revolutionary changes, however, are not new to the Japanese. …

This book locates the development of Dōwa policy projects within their historical and political context, offering examples of human rights protection in a non-Western society. Charting Dōwa policy fr …

This book locates the development of Dōwa policy projects within their historical and political context, offering examples of human rights protection in a non-Western society. Charting Dōwa policy fr …