Axel Klein (Japanologist)

Axel Peter Klein (* 1968 ) is a German Japanologist .

Life

From 1987 to 1994 Axel Klein studied Japanese Studies, Political Science and Comparative Religious Studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1998 he received his doctorate with one of his thesis on the reform of the electoral system in Japan .

From 1998 to 2007 Klein was a research assistant at the Research Center for Modern Japan at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In 2005 , Klein completed his habilitation with a thesis on the political system of Japan .

From 2007 to 2011, Klein was employed as a research assistant at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo . Since 2012 he has held a professorship for modern social science East Asian studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen . He researches u. a. on religion and politics in Japan and the electoral and party system in Japan.

Works (selection)

• The electoral system as an object of reform: an investigation into the origins and effects of attempts at political renewal using the example of Japan. Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, Bonn, 1998, ISBN 978-3-9806179-0-1 .
• as publisher: Modernization in progress: demographic development and value change in contemporary Europe and East Asia. Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, Bonn, 2002, ISBN 978-3-936366-03-7 .
• The political system of Japan . Bier'sche Verlagsanstalt, Bonn, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936366-12-9 .
• with Christian Gerhard Winkler: Japan . Wochenschau-Verlag, Schwalbach / Taunus, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89974-638-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Axel Klein in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Axel Klein at the University of Duisburg-Essen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Prof. Dr. Axel Klein - About the person . In: uni-due.de, accessed on February 4, 2018