Comparative and Theoretical Studies on Politics of Contemporary Nationalism and Ethnicity Problems

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Finally members of the project gathered up the report which covers topics such as nationalism theory in France, contemporary disputes related to nationalism in Korea, China and Japan, minority problem in Islamic society, Nationalist discourses in Modern Japanese thought. These topic were discussed regularly among the members of the project and not only the factual in formations but also the different features of nationalism in terms of region and history inspired each participant's theoretical framework in different areas of study.For carrying out this research following events were organized. : A Seminar which was held for the discussion on Nationalism problems in Taiwan, Indonesia, Russia and Japan on June 2, 2002 and July 2 at Rikkyo University. Matsuda carried out a research at Cambridge University in August and a consequence of this research a paper titled "Bunmmei and Shizen in Meiji Political Thought" was given at the annual conference of the Japanese Political Science Association on October 5. Kim from the Republic of Korea visited Japan for document investigation and study information exchange in October and had a study meeting with other participants of the project. Doak visited Japan in March for research and information exchange. Lee went to the Republic of Korea in March for document research and interviews.The final report will be completed as a booklet and as a HTML file format.