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Japan s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

Japan s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

As tensions between China and Japan increase including over the disputed islands in the East China Sea Japan has adopted under Prime Minister Abe a new security posture. This involves internally adapting Japan’s constitutional position on defence and externally building stronger international relationships in the Asia-Pacific region and more widely. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It shows how trust and co-operation with the United States the only partner with which Japan has a formal alliance is being rebuilt discusses how other relationships both on security and on wider issues are being formed in the region and with European countries and the EU with the relationships with India and Australia being of particular importance and concludes by assessing the likely impact on the region of Japan’s changing posture and new relationships. | Japan�s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

GBP 38.99
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Semialignment and Western Security

Semialignment and Western Security

This book first published in 1986 is a major study of semialignment and a review of the individual nations within NATO to which the model could be applied. Towards the end of the Cold War there arose within NATO this intermediate category between alignment and nonalignment whereby a member state enjoyed the status and facilities of NATO membership while disassociating itself from certain NATO programmes. This book analyses the phenomenon and the possibility that it weakened the credibility of NATO deterrence and the defence posture versus the Soviet Union. | Semialignment and Western Security

GBP 29.99
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Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

'Sweden vs Apartheid' examines the effort by the Swedish government and civil society in Sweden to abolish the system of apartheid that was instituted in South Africa in 1948. There are many reasons why this book is important. It explores the foreign policy 'posture' of a state looks at Sweden's neutrality policy which embraced the idea of international solidarity with weaker states and groups and examines the first Western state to adopt an active anti-apartheid stance when such a position was quite unpopular in the West. The analysis blends both international relations and comparative political approaches to take a critical look at the role played by Sweden in the defeat of the apartheid system. | Sweden vs Apartheid Putting Morality Ahead of Profit

GBP 29.99
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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Drawing on his experiences as a young man in the Great Depression and the Second World War Kurt Vonnegut created a new style of fiction responsive to the post-war world and unique in its appeal to both popular audiences and avant-garde critics. His work was profoundly innovative and yet perfectly lucid. In this comprehensive introductory study originally published in 1982 Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut’s influences within the American middle class his early efforts as a short-story writer for magazines in the 1960s and his startling and unprecedented success as a bestselling experimental novelist with Slaughterhouse-Five. His self-consciously moral posture led to readers throughout the world accepting him as their spokesman for humane values a role which Klinkowitz considers within the context of his work.

GBP 29.99
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

This book vigorously engages Lacan with a spiritual tradition that has yet to be thoroughly addressed within psychoanalytic literature—the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. The book offers a unique engagement with a faith system that highlights and extends analytic thinking. For those in formation within the Orthodox tradition this book brings psychoanalytic insights to bear on matters of faith that may at times seem opaque or difficult to understand. Ultimately the authors seek to elicit in the reader the reflective and contemplative posture of Orthodoxy as well as the listening ear of analysis while considering the human subject. This work is relevant and important for those training in psychoanalysis and Orthodox theology or ministry as well as for those interested in the intersection between psychoanalysis and religion. | Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

GBP 31.99
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Liberalism and Naval Strategy Ideology Interest and Sea Power During the Pax Britannica

Liberalism and Naval Strategy Ideology Interest and Sea Power During the Pax Britannica

Liberalism and Naval Strategy (1986) examines the role that liberalism played in shaping the naval strategy of the Pax Britannia. Liberalism was linked to commercial interest and the devotion of the middle classes to peaceful commerce and their suspicion of force as government policy helped to inform critical choices. The traditional British naval strategy of the mercantilist era persisted into the early nineteenth century when the Royal Navy’s policing of the seas against piracy and the slave trade antagonized trade rivals particularly America. By the 1850s Britain granted immunity to neutral shipping – after much debate with some of the century’s leading thinkers including Mill and Marx taking prominent parts in the naval controversies. This book examines these events as well as the writings of contemporary naval strategists including the Colomb brothers. It also discusses the strategic posture of the Admiralty and its opponents before and during the war against Germany in 1914. | Liberalism and Naval Strategy Ideology Interest and Sea Power During the Pax Britannica

GBP 90.00
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Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight in a way that few would have predicted. Robust confrontational and given to bombastic rhetoric Ahmadinejad has drawn condemnation from the West and praise from the Middle Eastern street in almost equal measure. This Paper looks at the details of his political rise and assesses his presidency to date within the context of the dynamics of Iranian politics. Examining the key themes of his presidency it assesses the effectiveness of his policies and analyzes his populist approach in particular his use of nationalism and the cult of the Twelfth Imam. The author argues that Ahmadinejad far from retrenching the conservative values of the early revolution is very much a product of the social and political changes which have occurred since the end of the Iran Iraq War; that his populism in both politics and economics along with the maintenance of a confrontational posture abroad represents an ad hoc and somewhat incoherent attempt to disguise the growing contradictions which afflict the Islamic Republic and the conservative vision of an unaccountable Islamic autocracy in the face of growing dissatisfaction especially among key sections of thete. | Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

GBP 160.00
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Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They also face a unique and specific set of issues when approaching their craft from negotiating the registers of their voice to enable them to belt to vocal health challenges such as premenstrual voice syndrome. This is the only book that offers a full and detailed guide to tackling those issues and to singing with full expression and technical excellence. Musical Theatre for the Female Voice covers the origin of singing in musicals from the bel canto style of 300 years ago through to the latest developments in high belting in shows such as Wicked and Waitress. It offers the reader exercises and methods that have been used to train hundreds of singers at some of the UK’s leading musical theatre training institutions and are underpinned by the latest academic research in journals on singing psychology and health. Every element of a singer's toolkit is covered from a female perspective from breath and posture to character work and vocal health. This is an essential guidebook for female singers in musical theatre productions either training at university or conservatory level or forging a career as professional triple-threat performers. | Musical Theatre for the Female Voice The Sensation Sound and Science of Singing

GBP 32.99
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China's Use of Armed Coercion To Win Without Fighting

China's Use of Armed Coercion To Win Without Fighting

This book analyzes when how why and to what effect China has used its armed forces in recent decades to coerce other actors in the international system. Over the past 20 years China’s international status as a “great power” has become undeniable. China’s “peaceful rise” has included substantial investments in military modernization and an increasingly assertive regional posture. While China has not waged war since 1979 it has frequently resorted to what the U. S. State Department has referred to as “gangster tactics” – threats intimidation and armed confrontation – to advance its strategic aims. This volume illuminates the ways in which China has employed its military and paramilitary tools to coerce other states and examines the motivations and specific foreign policy objectives that China has pursued using force short of war. The study presents new analysis of an original dataset on coercive actions undertaken by China’s armed forces taking into account the political objectives pursued and the environmental contexts in which these operations occurred. It also presents a series of expert case studies addressing the most consequential examples of China using force to coerce in recent decades. The volume contributes to a more historically informed empirically based understanding of great power competition. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese security and foreign policy strategic studies Asian politics and International Relations. | China's Use of Armed Coercion To Win Without Fighting

GBP 130.00
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Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork Guide for Acting in Accent

Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork Guide for Acting in Accent

Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork® Guide for Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to accent acquisition for actors. It lays out an accessible and effective set of tools exercises and theoretical frameworks grounded in current linguistic science as well as more than two decades of teaching actor training and coaching developed by Knight-Thompson Speechwork®. This book dismantles the notions that accents exist on a spectrum of good and bad or that neutral general or standard can serve as ideals for speech. By de-centering elitist and authoritarian worldviews it gives actors a path to mobilize their innate language abilities to acquire any accent relying on descriptive and experiential knowledge. The innovative approach of the Four Ps – People Prosody Posture and Pronunciation – builds cultural competence that honors accents as they exist in the world increases the physical and perceptive skills of the actor and provides a rich variety of applications to encourage fluid and embodied accent performance. Each of the Four Ps are investigated and practiced separately and then synthesized in the art of the performer allowing actors to address the complexity of acting in accent through a deliberate and sequential layering of skills rendering the final expression of their technique meticulously accurate and deeply authentic. Organized into fifteen modules to correspond with a typical semester Experiencing Accents is perfect for Theatre students in voice speech and accents courses along with working actors interested in improving their accent work.

GBP 31.99
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The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

Ayatollah ʿAli Hosseini Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most controversial and influential Muslim leaders in the world today. As Iran’s main decision-maker his theocratic ideology and decisions carry global consequences. The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei is the first book to identify and analyze the development and evolution of the theocratic ideology of the Supreme Leader from 1962 to 2014 using his own writings speeches and biographies as well as literature published in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This work provides new insights into Khamenei’s political thought and behavior and their impact on Iran’s domestic regional and international policies. Correlating the development of Khamenei’s personality character and political behavior with Iran’s internal and external challenges this study explores key issues of the Middle East region in particular Iran’s political posture toward Israel the United States and the Muslim world and the diplomatic crises unfolding over Iran’s nuclear development program. This work provides a comprehensive chronological and thematic survey of Khamenei’s life. This book will be of interest to students scholars researchers diplomats and policymakers focusing on Middle Eastern politics Iranian affairs Islamic studies and international relations; and could serve as an essential resource for those striving to understand Iran’s policies toward Israel the United States and the Muslim world as shaped by its supreme autocrat. | The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

GBP 39.99
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Instruction Giving in Online Language Lessons A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis

Instruction Giving in Online Language Lessons A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis

This concise volume calls attention to the instruction-giving practices of language teachers in online environments in particular videoconferencing employing a Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis approach to explore the challenges affordances and pedagogical implications of teaching in these settings. The book examines the unique competences necessary for language teachers in multimodal synchronous online environments which require mediating a mix of modes including spoken language gaze gesture posture and textual elements. Satar and Wigham’s innovative approach draws on Sigrid Norris’s work on Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis to examine variance in practices combining in-depth micro-analytic analysis of mediation with a consideration of the modal density and complexity in the act of giving instructions. The volume shows how studying instruction giving can offer a better understanding of how online teachers mediate learning multimodally in electronic environments but also research-informed guidance for practical implementation in the classroom. This book is a valuable resource for scholars in applied linguistics language education and language learning and teaching as well as practicing online language teachers. Full-size versions of all Figures Extracts and Tables are available in colour at https://doi. org/10. 25405/data. ncl. 20315142 Chapter 6 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Instruction Giving in Online Language Lessons A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis

GBP 44.99
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Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork

Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork

Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training is a beginner’s guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork® a method that focuses on universal and inclusive speech training for actors from all language racial cultural and gender backgrounds and identities. This book provides a progression of playful practical exercises designed to build a truly universal set of speech skills that any actor can use such as the ability to identify discern and execute every sound found in every language on the planet. By observing different types of flow through the vocal tract vocal tract anatomy articulator actions and how these components can be combined readers will understand and recreate the process by which language is learned. They will then be introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and will practice using the IPA for narrow transcription of speech sounds. The book also offers both an intellectual and physical understanding of oral posture and how it contributes to vocal characterization and accent work. This approach to speech training is descriptive giving students a wide and diverse set of speech sounds and skills to utilize for any character in any project and it establishes a foundation for future accent study and acquisition. Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training is an excellent resource for teachers and students of speech and actor training as well as aspiring actors looking to diversify their speech skills. | Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based Panlingual Approach to Actor Training A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork®

GBP 31.99
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The Musician's Body A Maintenance Manual for Peak Performance

The Musician's Body A Maintenance Manual for Peak Performance

Musicians suffer greatly from industry-related injury and illness and many of these problems are established during student days or even before. This affects all forms of music-making from classical through jazz and rock to traditional folk. Hearing damage is of serious concern in most forms of music-making but the most stressful situations and the most physical damage is recorded in the practice of classical music. The long hours of practice at the beginning of a musician's career are the main source of problems that sometimes only reveal themselves in later life. This book is aimed equally at student musicians practising musicians and instrumental and vocal teachers and it aims to help them to begin to understand how and why their bodies function as they do when they perform and also how they may avoid professionally related illness or injury and achieve the highest standards of performance. The principal author Dr Jaume Rosset i Llobet is a medical expert and an internationally acclaimed researcher on the subject. He is the Director of a Centre for the Physiology of The Arts in Terrassa Catalonia one of the few clinics in the world to which musicians dancers and performing artists can go for assessment and treatment. The book provides examples and references to the health of musicians covering a wide range of musical genres based on current research practice and treatment. As well as physiological exposition copiously illustrated with medical and humorous diagrams the book covers ergonomics risk factors posture breathing matters of diet and accommodation of professional needs in daily life. | The Musician's Body A Maintenance Manual for Peak Performance

GBP 175.00
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Pakistan's Nuclear Policy A Minimum Credible Deterrence

Pakistan's Nuclear Policy A Minimum Credible Deterrence

In May 1998 in reaction to India’s nuclear weapons tests Pakistan tested six nuclear weapons. Following this the country opted for a policy of minimum deterrence and within a year Pakistan had altered its policy stance by adding the modifier of minimum ‘credible’ deterrence. This book looks at how this seemingly innocuous shift seriously impacted on Pakistan’s nuclear policy direction and whether the concept of minimum has lost its significance in the South Asian region’s changed/changing strategic environment. After providing a brief historical background exploring why and how Pakistan carried out the nuclear development program the book questions why Pakistan could not sustain the minimum deterrence that it had conceptualized in the immediate aftermath of the 1998 test. It examines the conceptual theoretical framework of the essentials of minimum deterrence in order to question whether Pakistan’s nuclear policy remained consistent with this as well as to discover the rudimentary factors that are responsible for the inconsistencies with regard to minimum deterrence conceived in this study. The book goes on to look at the policy options that Pakistan had after acquiring the nuclear capability and what the rationale was for selecting minimum deterrence. The book not only highlights Pakistan deterrent force building but also analyzes closely Pakistan’s doctrinal posture of first use option. Furthermore it examines the policy towards arms control and disarmament and discusses whether these individual policy orientations are consistent with the minimum deterrence. Conceptually providing a deeper understanding of Pakistan’s post-1998 nuclear policy this book critically examines whether the minimum deterrence conceived could be sustained both at the theoretical and operational levels. It will be a useful contribution in the field of Nuclear Policy Security Studies Asian Politics Proliferation/Non-Proliferation Studies and Peace Studies. This book will be of interest to policy makers scholars and students of nuclear policy nuclear proliferation and arms control related research. | Pakistan's Nuclear Policy A Minimum Credible Deterrence

GBP 46.99
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