What shapes characteristics and types of state governance in a specific country? How do they change over time? More importantly, what will they look like in the
In this dissertation, I investigate Seikai-Tensin (ex-bureaucrat lawmakers)'s political success in postwar Japan, 1947-2014, which signifies the essential natur
Since 1978, when China started remaking its economy, it has also embarked on an unparalleled effort at remaking its pension system to accommodate its hybrid eco
Many people believe that conflict in the well-disciplined Japanese society is so rare that the Japanese legal system is of minor importance. Frank Upham shows c
This book examines the importance of accumulated disaster management experience and the risk awareness of civil society by analyzing Korea’s COVID-19 response
