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Russia's effort to become a geoeconomic power in Asia alters the dynamics of the territorial dispute with Japan. Both Moscow and Tokyo aim to prevent Russia's geoeconomic "pivot to Asia" becoming merely a pivot to China. Yet, a settlement is obstructed by the growing geoeconomic value of the Southern Kurils and Japan's lack of an autonomous foreign policy.

Commemorating Brown: psychology as a force for liberation / Glenn Adams -- Organized psychology's efforts to influence the Supreme Court on matters of race and education / Lawrence S. Wrightsman -- Still a long way to go : American black-white relations today / Thomas F. Pettigrew -- Brown and intergroup relations : reclaiming a lost opportunity / Walter G. Stephan -- Legacies of Brown : success and failure in social science research on racism / Joe R. Feagin -- From Kansas to Michigan : the path from desegregation to diversity / Amy E. Smith and Faye J. Crosby -- Sense of commonality in values among racial/ethnic groups : an opportunity for a new conception of integration / Patricia Gurin ... [et al.] -- The American color line fifty years after Brown v. Board : many "peoples of color" or black exceptionalism? / David O. Sears -- The pernicious relationship between merit assessment and discrimination in education / Jean-Claude Croizet -- The psychology of invisibility / Stephanie A. Fryberg and Sarah S.M. Townsend -- Desegregating the self : transcending identity politics in South Africa / Elizabeth A. Self and Daniel G. Acheson-Brown -- Beyond prejudice : toward a sociocultural psychology of racism and oppression / Glenn Adams ... [et al.]

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Pre-1920s: Mountain Men, Good Samaritans and Life-Savers -- 2. The 1920s and 1930s: The Golden Age of Volunteer Search and Rescue -- 3. The 1940s and 1950s: World War II and the Birth of National SAR -- 4. The 1960s and 1970s: Outdoor Recreation and Growing Demand for SAR Services -- 5. 1980s to the Present: SAR Professionalization and Government Involvement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

An informed argument for an economic policy based on bridges of preparation and adaptation rather than walls of protection and exclusion "When technological change and globalization in recent decades brought frustration over the resulting losses to jobs and communities, there were no guardrails to get these workers back on track. As this compelling book shows, our nation is going to need bridges to help people get through the unavoidable transformations."-Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and author of Mass Flourishing Free-market economists often have noted that there are winners and losers in a competitive capitalist world. The question of how to deal with the difficult real-life consequences faced by the losers, however, has largely been ignored. Populist politicians have tried repeatedly to address the issue by creating walls-of both the physical and economic kinds-to insulate communities and keep competition at bay. While recognizing the broad emotional appeal of walls, economist Glenn Hubbard argues that because they delay needed adaptations to the ever-changing world, walls are essentially backward-looking and ultimately destined to fail. Taking Adam Smith's logic to Youngstown, Ohio, as a case study in economic disruption, Hubbard promotes the benefits of an open economy and creating bridges to support people in turbulent times so that they remain engaged and prepared to participate in, and reap the rewards of, a new economic landscape

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Backgrounding Japanese-Singaporean Families: Discourses, Histories, and Ecologies -- Terms Commonly Used and Related Questions -- Mixedness and Questions Concerning Mixed Identities -- An Earlier Example -- A Recent History of Japan's Relations with Singapore -- Turning to Aims and Reflexive Positioning -- Chapter Descriptions -- References -- Chapter 2: Japanese Identity Discourses: Homogeneity Versus Heterogeneity -- Complexifying Dominant Narratives Reifying Homogeneity in a Particularized Form of Japaneseness -- Population Problems and Resistance to Immigration -- Beliefs in Japanese Uniqueness -- Beliefs in Japanese Superiority and Links to Whiteness -- Superiority Borne of Military Power and Economic Success -- Taking the Influence and Changing Agendas of Japan's Post-War Occupiers into Account -- Mixed Marriages and Mixed-Race Identities in Japan -- Earlier and More Recent Accounts of Mixed Marriages and Families in Japan -- World War II, Its Aftermath, and Mixed Marriages Involving Japanese and Non-Japanese Spouses -- People of Mixed Ancestry -- The Biological Question of Eugenics -- A Storied Account of Ongoing Identity Negotiation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Singaporean Identity Discourses: Narratives and Questionings of Racialization and Cultural Diversity -- Singapore's Development After Independence -- Singaporean Conceptualizations and Renditions of Race -- Race-Based Categorizations -- Mixed-Race Identities in Singapore -- European-Asian Marriages -- The Eurasian Population -- The Japanese-Singaporean Population -- Singapore's Continued Openness to Immigration -- Movement, Fluidity, and Singaporean Demographic Flows -- A Final Word on Race, Wartime Wounds, Aftermaths, and Legacies -- Japanese Sensitivity to Race -- References.