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...

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including multiculturalism and bilingualism. Meanwhile, the...

The history of the Internet has been narrated many times. However, political histories of the Internet with a non-US-centric focus are still an uncharted research area. This paper contributes to closing that research gap. It reconstructs the Internet’s history in Germany through the lens of...

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including multiculturalism and bilingualism. Meanwhile, the...

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"As Europe rebuilt after the devastation of the Second World War, the former colonies of the major imperial powers sought their independence at the same time that the United States extended its economic and political power globally. In Turbulent Empires Mike Mason analyzes the struggles for...

Newspapers -- Raison d'Être: "The Appetite Grows by What It Feeds On"; 1 Of Discontent, Contractual Wars, and the Birthing of Secular Newspapers in British East Africa, 1899-1905; 2 "Political Apathy Is Commercial Atrophy": The East African Standard and the Interests of the European Press, 1904-1963; 3...

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India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which engulfed virtually every country in the world. We recovered from the crisis sooner than other countries, but the growth rate is yet to reach the pre-crisis level. There is widespread...

The warlord state and the capitalist-politician -- The prewar Nationalists' uncertain developmental state -- Building Eden with national products and urban consumerism -- Japanese occupation and the "economy of things" -- Building Eden inside the firm -- The postwar Nationalists' unresponsive...

This paper seeks to demonstrate that during most of the last century, the Portuguese people developed a mentality of islanders. This sentiment, which shaped several generations and may now be fading away as European integration takes place, and is mainly due to the recent openness of Spain. This...

Comparative research on democratisation suggests the political space for the immediate punishment of previous dictatorships depends on the type of transition and the correlative power-sharing and veto capacity of the political actors and institutions. We argue here that the type and diversity of...

To develop the concept of a republic in 1910 when the Portuguese revolution of 1910 replaced the constitutional monarchy with its republic, the paper traces the central experiences of a republic in the modern Western world before that date. The images of the Ancient republics were in the minds...

This paper summarises the results of the first systematic, detailed prosopographic study of the MPs – the deputados of the Lower Chamber - of the First Portuguese Republic (1910-1926). Data are presented both by legislature and for the overall period. Two kinds of background variables are...

The First Republic was a short period in Portuguese History which, nevertheless, left deep marks on the social and political tissue of the country. It was marred by instability. The political elite of the time recanted on their defense of "universal suffrage" and thus deprived the regime of a...

На примере ряда мемориальных музеев деятелей политической истории в статье рассматриваются проблемы преобразования музеев в условиях постперестроечной...

Die Studien- und Forschungseinrichtung Notre Europe wurde am 5. Juli 1996 als eingetragener Verein gegründet (veröffentlicht im Amtsblatt der französischen Republik am 21. August 1996). Das Ziel von Notre Europe ist es, Studien, Forschung und Ausbildung zur Geschichte, Zivilisation und den...