1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457752003321

Autore

Ritchie Malcolm

Titolo

Village Japan [[electronic resource] ] : everyday life in a rural Japanese community / / Malcolm Ritchie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rutland, Vt., : Charles E. Tuttle, 1999

ISBN

1-283-30152-0

9786613301529

1-4629-0205-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

309.15219

952.04092

Soggetti

Villages - Japan

Electronic books.

Japan Rural conditions Case studies

Noto Peninsula (Japan) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Village Japan; Afterword; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

In this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. Ritchie weaves together anecdotes, conversations, lyrical verses, and unforgettable character studies to vividly and hauntingly evoke the rhythms of life in a traditional rural Japanese community. Underlying this portrait is the author's growing awareness that the aged inhabitants of Sora and the surrounding villages are the custodians of a fragile, barely sur



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483273303321

Titolo

China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East : Feats, Freezes, and Failures / / edited by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

981-334-013-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 291 p. 8 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Asia-Pacific Political Economy, , 2662-7957

Disciplina

382.30951

Soggetti

International relations

International Relations

Foreign Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1.China's MSRI in Africa and the Middle East: Political Economic Realities Continue to Shape Results and Ramifications -- 2.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Connecting Africa -- 3.The Maritime Silk Road Initiative and Ethiopia: Transforming Policies, Institutions, and Politics in Expected and Unexpected Ways -- 4.Djibouti and Small State Agency in the Maritime Silk Road: The Domestic and International Foundations -- 5.Tanzania in China's MSRI: The "Chinese Dream" awaits Alignment with the African One -- 6.Iran in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI): Bounded Progress and Bounded Promise -- 7.The Missing MSRI in Iraq: The Southern Opportunity -- 8.The Gulf Cooperation Council's "Visions" of Maritime Silk Road Initiative Cooperation -- 9.Egypt in China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Relations Cannot Surmount Realities.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the progress of the MSRI, highlights the political and economic factors affecting its realization, and offers insights into the political and economic implications of China's endeavor. It focuses specifically on countries within Africa and the Middle East to provide a basis for a substantive examination of these issues in a manner sensitive to the milieu in individual countries and relevant regions. It represents the final volume in a well-received series on China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), which, so far, includes books



covering China's MSRI and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018) and China's MSRI and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019). This book will interest scholars of China, international relations, and the relevant regions, journalists, and policymakers. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (USA) and Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University (China). Two of his recent edited book publications relate to China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative. One is China's Maritime Silk Road and Southeast Asia (Palgrave, 2019) and the other is China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia (Palgrave, 2018). Dr. Blanchard has orchestrated three special issues on China's MSRI in leading journals. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Blanchard worked for the U.S. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Resolution Trust Corporation, and Kelling, Northcross, & Nobriga.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968323203321

Autore

Flanagan Thomas <1944->

Titolo

Harper's team : behind the scenes in the Conservative rise to power / / Tom Flanagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-7735-7872-2

1-282-86590-0

9786612865909

0-7735-7538-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

324.271094

Soggetti

Political campaigns - Canada

Political leadership - Canada

Canada Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

1. Prelude, 1991-2001 -- 2. The Canadian Alliance Leadership Campaign, 2001-2002 -- 3. Intermission, 2002-2003 -- 4. The conservative leadership race, 2003-2004 -- 5. Getting ready, 2004 -- 6. National election, 2004 -- 7. Getting ready again, 2004-2005 -- 8. Winning the race, 2005-2006 -- 9. The ten commandments of conservative campaigning -- App. Political terminology and acronyms.

Sommario/riassunto

Harper's team fought four campaigns in five years: two leadership races and two national elections. Through trial and error - and determination - they learned to combine the Reform Party's strength in grassroots politics with the Progressive Conservative expertise in advertising and media relations, while simultaneously adopting the latest advances in information and communications technology.