Research Interests
Trade Politics, comparative political economy, Japanese politics
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D (Government) Cornell University 1994
Short Bio
Ikuo Kume is a professor of political science at Waseda University, Japan. He received Ph.D. from Cornell University. His major English publication includes Disparaged Success: Labor Politics in Postwar Japan (Cornell University Press), Local Government Development in Postwar Japan, (Oxford University Press; Co-editors with Michio Muramatsu and Farrukh Iqbal), Megumi Naoi & Ikuo Kume, “Explaining Mass Support for Agricultural Protectionism: Evidence from a Survey Experiment During the Global Recession” International Organization, Vol.65-4, 2011, Ellen M. Immergut and Ikuo Kume, editors, Crises of Governance: Institutions and the Politics of Change in Japan and Europe (Special Issue: Governance Vol. 19-1, 2006), Kathleen Thelen & Ikuo Kume, “Coordination as a Political Problem in Coordinated Market Economies” Governance Vol 19-1, 2006, Kathleen Thelen & Ikuo Kume, “The effects of globalization on labor revisited: lessons from Germany and Japan,” Politics & Society, 27(4), 1999.
