Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety, Internet freedom, and the rule of law. Drawing on knowledge gained through personal interviews, documentary sources, and almost two...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Kamakura Period (1185AD-1333AD) -- 3. The Muromachi Period (1333AD-1568AD) & Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568AD-1600AD) -- 4. The Tokugawa Period (1600AD-1868AD) -- 5. The Meiji Period (1868AD-1912AD) -- 6. The Taisho Period (1912AD-1926AD) -- 7. The Showa Period...

This book examines the economic and political rise of China from the perspective of Japan's economic development. Beginning with Japan’s rise to statehood in the Kamakura Period (1185 to 1333) and detailing the evolution of its economy through to 2018, parallels are drawn with the economic...

Contents: Preface -- PART I A historic transformation: heterogeneity in CESEE in a changing global context -- 1 Looking back on 30 years of transition - and looking 30 years ahead / Robert Holzmann -- 2 1989: the year of the great ambivalence / Anton Pelinka -- 3 The price of unity: the...