Japanese scholars have begun to challenge conventional wisdom about effective labor organizing, and Ikuo Kume has written the first book in English to advance t

How do national identities affect the world economy? Building on the insight that nationalisms and national identities endow economic policy with social purpose

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Non-Western Encounters with Democratization offers diverse perspectives on democracy and transition spanning the Middle East and North Africa to East Asia. This

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