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Global Governance And The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development, Richard Woodward Apr 2007

Global Governance And The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development, Richard Woodward

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The Political Economies Of Broadband Development In Korea And Japan, Kenji Kushida, Seung-Youn Oh Jan 2007

The Political Economies Of Broadband Development In Korea And Japan, Kenji Kushida, Seung-Youn Oh

Political Science Faculty Research and Scholarship

South Korea’s and Japan’s telecommunications sectors developed rapidly, especially in high-speed, low-priced broadband. We argue that both countries are engaged in strategic liberalization, fostering competition to reach specific goals. However, different political dynamics pushed their initially similar policy regimes apart. Korea retained its managed competition regime while Japan experienced a regime shift.


Japanese National Identity And National Security, Christopher Gene Phillips Jan 2007

Japanese National Identity And National Security, Christopher Gene Phillips

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This thesis examines the interrelation between national security and nationalism in Japan. Beginning from the stance of classical realism as put forth by Hans Morgenthau, the essay takes a "culturalist" view as its starting point. The culturalist view, in accepting the basic assumptions of classical realism as given, understands that all states act freely and rationally to maximize their interests, defined in terms of power. Power, as Morgenthau points out, is not a fixed concept, its definition being subject to the vicissitudes of time and culture. The culturalist model attempts to understand how each civilization understands power by examining its …