MACLACHLAN, Patricia

Departments of Asian Studies and Government, University of Texas

Address: Department of Asian Studies, 1 University Station, G9300, Austin, TX, 78712-0587

Office phone and fax numbers: T: 512-475=6047, F: 512-471-4469

Email address: pmaclachlan@mail.utexas.edu

Recent Publications:

Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan: The Institutional Boundaries of Citizen Activism (NY: Columbia University Press, 2002)

"Post Office Politics in Modern Japan: The Postmasters, Iron Triangles, and the Limits of Reform" (forthcoming from The Journal of Japanese Studies).

Work in progress:

Book project comparing the politics of the Japanese and British postal systems.

Edited book project (with Sheldon Garon) on "Consumer Cultures and Its Discontents."