Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Professor
History of Japanese politics
Political history of Japan, mainly after the Second World War
Professor
Comparative politics and regional studies
Modern Russian politics
Professor
History of political thought
Political thought in early modern Europe
Professor
Philosophy
Relationship between Philosophy of Frankfurt School and Pragmatism
Professor
History of Japanese political thought
Political thought in early modern/ modern Japan
Professor
Political thought and international politics, post-Cold War Mideast politics, international political science, contemporary Mideast politics
Post-colonialism in the Mideast, formation of Mideast states and the creation of and changes in global political systems
Professor
Comparative Politics
Poltical Economy of Liberal Democracies
Professor
Political theory
Power theory, democracy theory
Professor
Contemporary Taiwanese politics, history of modern Chinese politics and diplomacy
Contemporary Taiwanese elections and China-Taiwan relations
Professor
U.S. political history and history of political thought
Political thought at the time of the country’s founding, post-World War II U.S. conservatism
Professor
Political systems theory
Examinations of political regimes from the dual aspects of systems and creeds
Professor
Political processes
Contemporary politics, parliamentary politics, partisan politics
Professor
History of welfare states centering on the UK, comparative discussion of welfare states
Formation, development and reorganization of the UK as a welfare state, international comparison of welfare states