Introduction
The history of East Asian democratization has been cast in terms of negative Confucian heritage, postwar US encouragement to allies, and the positive spillover of economic “miracles.” Focused […]
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National Identity and Democracy: Lessons from the Case of Japan
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The Case of Japan
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