Comparative Theoretical Analysis about the Political Transformation in Contemporary Advanced Democracies

为了这个项目，我两次访问了美国，也两次访问了德国，听取了这方面的大学教授的意见，并收集了一些关于这个主题的材料。除此之外，我还买了许多这方面的书，并召开了一些比较政治学的会议，首先，在比较政治学理论方面，我参加了在杜克大学举行的比较政治学国际会议，并有机会与美国的一些著名学者进行了讨论，其中包括杜克大学的赫伯特·基切尔特教授。基于这些经验。我写了一篇文章，题目是《我们需要什么样的政治学教科书》。“本文试图弄清比较政治学理论的现状。接下来，我出于同样的目的访问了德国，并写了一篇题为《尼可拉斯·卢曼的政治理论》的文章。“卢曼教授是德国乃至全世界最著名的社会科学理论家之一。2002年9月，我访问了德国，对德国联邦议院选举进行了研究。我访问了四个主要政党的总部，得到了许多材料。2003年1月，我以“关于2002年德国大选”为标题发表了有关这次选举的演讲。此外，我还在比较政治学国际会议上用英语作了两次演讲：“当代日本政治中的否决者”和“分析从计划经济向市场经济转型的国家的比较政治学”。“我在2002年11月做了这两件事。

For this project, I visited the United States twice, and also Germany twice to make hearings from university professors in this field, and collect some materials about this theme. In addition to this, I bought many books in this field, and held some conferences on comparative politics.Firstly, within the field of Theory of Comparative Politics, I took part in the International Conference on Comparative Politics held at Duke University, and I had an occasion to discuss with some leading scholars in the United States, including Professor Herbert Kitschelt at Duke University. Based on these experiences. I wrote an article titled "What do we need for the Textbook of Political Science." I try to make clear the present situation of the theory of comparative politics in this article. Next, I visited Germany for the same purpose, and I wrote an article titled "Political Theory of Niklas Luhmann." Professor Luhmann is one of the most well-known theorists in social science in Germany and also in the world.Secondly, within the field of the present political situation of advanced democracies. I visited Germany for making research of German Election for Bundestag (in German) in September 2002. I visited Headquarters of 4 main parties and get many materials. I made a presentation about this election in January 2003 under the title "About the German General Election in 2002."In addition to these results, I made two presentations in international conference on comparative politics in English : "Veto Players in Contemporary Japanese Politics," and "Toward a Comparative Politics for Analyzing Those Nations Making the Transformation from a Planned to a Market Economy." I made both in November 2002.