This paper looks at several developments that have taken place in domestic politics on Taiwan since the election of Chen Shui-bian as president of the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1998. After discussing the political successes and failures of the incumbent Chen administration, it analyses its...

This article explores the role of nationalism in domestic politics in Japan since 2005 by contrasting the Koizumi and the Abe administration of 2012/2013. It argues that the Koizumi and Abe administrations have exploited nationalism as a means to consolidate political power, move away from...

Im ersten Teil der Dissertationsschrift werden für die Emerging Markets – exemplarisch anhand von Brasilien und Indien – die Motive der Regierungen hinter der Initiierung von wirtschaftlichen Reformpaketen aufgespürt. Durch die stringente Anwendung des "Societal Approach" werden hierbei...