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Dr Yasuo Takao

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    • Role:
    • Senior Lecturer
    • Department:
    • Department of Social Sciences
    • Location:
    • Humanities 304
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 3325

Yasuo Takao is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences. He completed his PhD at the University of California in 1992. He specialises in the fields of comparative politics and international relations, with a geographical emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

Research Interests

Sub-national level of participation in global strategies on the environment; transnational civil society, especially on its networking and coalitions; transnational links among sub-national governments; compliance mechanisms of norms in international politics

Teaching - Undergraduate

Foreign Policy Analysis 212, Conflict and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific 224, Political Inquiry 311, Securing Global Futures 312, Engaging Asia 312, Titans and Transformations 212; Provocative History 311

Teaching - Postgraduate

SS573 International Relations (Asia-Pacific), SS585 IR Regional Studies, SS690/691 Advanced Individual Project

Publications

Books (Authored, Research)

  • Takao, Y. 2008. Is Japan Really Remilitarising?, 1 Edition. Victoria, Australia: Monash University Press.
  • Takao, Y. 2007. Reinventing Japan: From Merchant Nation to Civic Nation. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Takao, Y. 2003. Building transnational civil society: Can Japanese local government bring it together?, 12 Edition. Victoria: Monash University Press.
  • Takao, Y. 1999. National Integration and Local Power in Japan. Aldershot, Hampshire, England & Brookfield, Vermont USA: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Takao, Y. 2011. Democratic Representation in Japanese Defense Spending: Does Public Sentiment Really Matter?. Asian Social Science 7(3): 3-25.
  • Takao, Y. 2010. Reinvigorating the transnational links of sub-national governments between Australia and Japan with special reference to Western Australia-Hyogo sister-state relations. The Pacific Review 23(4): 453-477.
  • Takao, Y. 2009. Aging and Political Participation in Japan: The Dankai Generation in Political Swing.. Asian Survey 49(5): 852-872.
  • Takao, Y. 2008. Women in Local Politics: From Voters to Activists to Politicians. Japan Focus 2008.
  • Takao, Y. 2007. Japanese women in grassroots politics: building a gender-equal society from the bottom up. The Pacific Review 20: 147-172.
  • Takao, Y. 2006. Co-Governance by Local Government and Civil Society Groups in Japan: Balancing Equity and Efficiency for Trust in Public Institutions. The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 28(2): 171-199.
  • Takao, Y. 2004. Democratic Renewal by "Digital' Local Government in Japan. Pacific Affairs 77: 237-262.
  • Takao, Y. 2004. Local Government as a Social Construction Agent in Transnational Relations: Some Reflections Based on Three Cases in Japan. Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies 3: 93-116.
  • Takao, Y. 2003. Foreigners' rights in Japan: Beneficiaries to participants. Asian Survey 43(3): 527-552.
  • Takao, Y. 2003. Transnational Coalitions in Northeast Asia: Search for a New Pathway of Japanese Local Government. Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies 2: 75-104.
  • Takao, Y. 2001. The Rise of the "Third Sector in Japan". Asian Survey 41: 290-309.
  • Takao, Y. 1999. Welfare State Retrenchment - The Case of Japan. Journal of Public Policy 19(3): 265-292.
  • Takao, Y. 1998. Participatory Democracy in Japan's Decentralization Drive. Asian Survey 38(10): 950-967.
  • Takao, Y. 1998. The Welfare State and its Effect on Municipal Government in Japan: A Case Study. Modern Asian Studies 32(4): 985-1016.