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UNINA9910457684703321 |
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Autore |
Thorsten Marie |
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Superhuman Japan : knowledge, nation, and culture in US-Japan relations / / Marie Thorsten |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-44673-7 |
0-203-12477-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; ; 40 |
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Public opinion - United States |
Electronic books. |
Japan Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Japan |
Japan Foreign public opinion, American |
Japan In popular culture |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Superhuman Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Sputnik moment" relaunch: the comeback of the superhuman?; 1. America's Superhuman Japan: from Rising Sun to globalization rising; 2. You are Number Two: The awe doctrine from Sputnik to the Japanese economic miracle; 3. Supermoms: Kyōiku mamas; 4. Super-inhuman: Youth and international relations in Battle Royale; 5. Super cool from Sputnik to Japan; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index |
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This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the way in which Japan has been constituted in a global political gaze as an economic hegemon. In times of heightened rivalry, we often try to find superior ""others"" so that we |
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can motivate ourselves against an imagine |
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UNINA9910962455503321 |
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Doing Business 2012 : : Doing Business in a More Transparent World |
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Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2011 |
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9786613375087 |
9781283375085 |
1283375087 |
9780821388341 |
0821388347 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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"Comparing regulation for domestic firms in 183 economies." |
"A copublication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation." |
"ISSN 1729-2638." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents; Preface; Executive summary; About Doing Business: measuring for impact; Economy case studies; Korea: better business regulation and improved competitiveness; FYR Macedonia: major changes spurred by regional integration; Mexico: unleashing regulatory reform at the local level; The United Kingdom: rethinking regulation; References; Data notes; Ease of doing business and distance to frontier; Summaries of Doing Business reforms in 2010/11; Country tables; Employing workers data; Acknowledgments |
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Ninth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2012 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business; dealing with construction permits; employing workers; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors; paying taxes; trading across borders; |
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enforcing contracts; closing a business; getting electricity The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2011, ranks countries on their overall ""ease of doing business"", and analyzes reforms to business regulation-identifying which countries are strengthening their business environment the most. Doing Business 2012 includes a new set of indicators on the time, steps, and cost for a private business to get an electricity connection. The data on connection services can inform utilities, regulators and governments seeking to strengthen the performance of the electricity sector. Drawing on a now longer time series, this year's report introduces a measure to illustrate how the regulatory environment for business has changed in each economy since Doing Business 2006 was published in 2005. A new ""distance to frontier"" measure complements the aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business, which benchmarks each economy's current performance on the indicators against that of all other economies in the sample for a given year. A fundamental premise of Doing Business is that economic activity requires good rules that are transparent and accessible to all. Such regulations should be efficient, striking a balance between safeguarding some important aspects of the business environment and avoiding distortions that impose unreasonable costs on businesses. Where business regulation is burdensome and competition limited, success depends more on whom you know than on what you can do. But where regulations are relatively easy to comply with and accessible to all who need to use them, anyone with talent and a good idea should be able to start and grow a business in the formal sector. "The Doing Business report, which was started in 2003, has become one of the key ways in which the bank and other observers gauge business climate within developing countries..." -- The Financial Times "[Doing Business started] as a way to encourage countries to reduce obstacles to entrepreneurship. Developing countries compete to land a spot on the top 10 list of most-improving countries because it is seen as a way to get attention and investment." -- The Wall Street Journal "[Doing Business] has succeeded in putting the issue of business red tape on the international political agenda." -- The Economist |
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