BLECHINGER, VERENA K.

Hamilton College, Department of Government

198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323

Office Phone 315-859-4073
Fax 315-859-4477
Home phone 404-235-4052, 315-272-8603

Email address: vblechin@hamilton.edu

Recent Publications:

"Japans Politiker im Internet ? W臧lerwerbung im digitalen Zeitalter [Japanese politicians and the Internet. Election Campaigning in the Digital Age]." In: Hilaria Goessmann and Franz Waldenberger (eds.): Medien in Japan [Media in Japan]. Hamburg: Institute of Asian Affairs, forthcoming.

"Der lange Weg zur Emanzipation der Politik? Japans Demokratie zwischen B・okratiedominanz und dem F・rungsanspruch der Politik [Bureaucratic dominance and political leadership in Japanese politics]." In: Kevenhoerster, Paul and Dietrich Thraenhardt (eds.): Demokratische Ordnungen nach den Erfahrungen von Totalitarismus und Diktatur [Democratic Order after Totalitarianism and Dictatorship]. Muenster, London: LIT, 2003.

"Corruption Terms in the World Press: How Languages Differ"(with Holger Moroff). In: Heidenheimer, Arnold and Michael Johnston (eds.): Political Corruption. Concepts and Contexts. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers 2001, pp. 885-905.

"Political Finance in Non-Western Democracies: Japan and Israel" (with Karl-Heinz Nassmacher). In: Nassmacher, Karl-Heinz (ed.): Foundations for Democracy. Approaches to Comparative Political Finance. Baden-Baden: Nomos 2001, pp. 155?180.

"Politische Reformen in Japan ? Auswirkungen und Perspektiven" [Political Reform in Japan -- Effects and Implications]. In: Bosse, Friederike and Patrick Koellner (eds.): Reformen in Japan. Hamburg: Institute of Asian Affairs 2001, pp. 89?110.

"Cleaning up Politics and Revitalizing Democracy: A European View of the New System of Political Finance in Japan." In: European Review 8, 4, October 2000, pp. 533?551.

Work in progress

"The Information Nexus. Understanding Japanese Political Corruption." Occasional Paper, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.

Political corruption in Japan, book manuscript in preparation for submission.

"Buying Favors at Home and Abroad. Japan and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention." Paper presented at the AAS Annual Meeting 2003. Article manuscript in preparation for submission.

"How Corruption Persists: Institutions, Incentives, and Information Brokers in Japan." Paper to be presented at the AAS Annual Meeting in San Diego, 2004