National model under globalization: The Japanese model and its internationalization

Politics and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-252

  Kwon, Hyeong Ki ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Institutionalism; Japanese model; Neoliberalism; Reflexive agents; Varieties of Capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744435584     PISSN: 00323292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032329205275192     Document Type: Article

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