Select Publications
Books
, 2017, The Abe Administration and the Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, https://www.routledge.com/The-Abe-Administration-and-the-Rise-of-the-Prime-Ministerial-Executive/George-Mulgan/p/book/9781138105874
, 2014, Ozawa Ichiro and Japanese Politics: Old Versus New, Routledge, London and New York, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138778344
, 2006, Japan`s Agricultural Policy Regime, Routledge, London and New York
, 2006, Power and Pork: A Japanese Political Life, ANU Press, Canberra
, 2005, Japan`s Interventionist State: The Role of the MAFF, Routledge Curzon, London and New York
, 2002, Japan's Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform, ANU Press, Canberra
, 2000, The Politics of Agriculture in Japan, Routledge, London and New York
, 1988, Dynamic and Immobilist Politics in Japan, Macmillan, London
, 1986, The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection: East Asia in International Perspective, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Book Chapters
, 2022, ''The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan'', in Pekkanen RJ; Pekkanen Saadia M. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 57 - 73
, 2020, 'The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan', in Pekkanen R; Pekkanen S (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, Oxford University Press, New York and London, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190050993.013.8
, 2020, ''Kantei Diplomacy Under the Abe Administration'', in Jain P; Lam PE (ed.), Japan’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change, Lexington Books, New York and London, pp. 75 - 94
, 2019, ''The Politics of Trade Policy'', in Kingston J (ed.), Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 15 - 30
, 2017, 'Japan-North Korea Relations', in Kingston J; Brown J (ed.), Japan's Foreign Relations with Asia, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, pp. 233 - 247
, 2017, 'Media muzzling under the Abe administration', in Jeff Kingston (ed.), Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 17 - 29
, 2015, 'Agriculture', in Babb J (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies, Sage Publications, London and Thousand Oaks, Calif., pp. 737 - 761, http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book233757
, 2015, 'To TPP or Not TPP: Interest Groups and Trade Policy', in The Political Economy of Japanese Trade Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York, pp. 123 - 156
, 2015, 'Understanding Japanese Trade Policy: A Political Economy Perspective', in The Political Economy of Japanese Trade Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York, pp. 1 - 40
, 2014, 'The Politics of Trade Policy', in Kingston J (ed.), Critical Issues on Contemporary Japan, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 24 - 36, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415857451/
, 2013, 'Nōgyō Rieki Dantai', in Inoguchi T; Jain P (ed.), Gendai no Nihon Seiji, Hara Shobō, Tokyo, pp. 152 - 173
, 2013, 'Farmers, Agricultural Policies and the Election', in Pekkanen R; Reed S; Scheiner E (ed.), Japan Decides 2012. The Japanese General Election, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 213 - 224, http://us.macmillan.com/japandecides2012/RobertPekkanen
, 2011, 'The Farm Lobby', in Inoguchi T; Jain P (ed.), Japanese Politics Today: From Karaoke to Kabuki Democracy, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 109 - 126
, 2011, 'The Politics of Economic Reform', in Gaunder A (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 261 - 272
, 2006, 'Japan and the Bush Agenda: Alignment or Divergence', in Beeson M (ed.), Bush and Asia: America`s Evolving Relations with East Asia, Routledge Press, London and New York, pp. 109 - 127
, 2003, 'Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Policymaking: Perpetuating the Status Quo', in Amyx J; Drysdale P (ed.), Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc., Routledge Curzon, London & New York, pp. 170 - 193
, 2003, 'The Dynamics of Coalition Politics in Japan', in Amyx J; Drysdale P (ed.), Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc., Routledge Curzon, London & New York, pp. 36 - 54
, 2001, 'The Politics of Agricultural Protection in Japan', in Steven Tolliday (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Japan 1945-1995: From Occupation to the Bubble Economy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K., pp. 542 - 566
, 1998, 'Agriculture and Fisheries', in Keenan P (ed.), The Japan Handbook, Fitzroy Dearbon Publishers, Chicago, pp. 59 - 71
, 1997, 'The Japan-US Security Relationship in a New Era', in Roy D (ed.), The New Security Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 140 - 169
, 1997, 'The Politics of Deregulation and Japanese Agriculture', in The Politics of Economic Reform in Japan: Collected Papers, Pacific Economic Papers No. 270, Australian Japan Research Centre, Canberra, pp. 3.1 - 3.88
, 1995, 'The Japanese Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy Making', in Ravenhill J (ed.), The Political Economy of East Asia: Japan, Edward Elgar, Aldershot, pp. `133 - 154
, 1993, 'Interest Groups', in Encyclopaedia of Japan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 309 - 312
, 1993, 'Rice Liberalisation and Japan's Role in the Uruguay Round: A Two-Level Game Approach', in Avery WP (ed.), World Agriculture and the GATT, Lynne Rienner, New York, pp. 55 - 94
, 1993, 'The Politics of Public Spending in the Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Sector', in Ogura T (ed.), Japanese Agricultural Policy Reconsidered, Food And Agriculture Policy Research Centre (FAPRC), Tokyo, pp. 165 - 218
, 1985, 'The Organization of Agricultural Cooperatives as a Pressure Group in Japan', in Bergmann T; Ogura T (ed.), Cooperation in World Agriculture: Experiences, Problems and Perspectives, Food and Agriculture Policy Research Centre, Tokyo, pp. 97 - 112
, 1981, 'Nokyo: The Farmers' Representative', in Drysdale P; Kitaoji H (ed.), Japan and Australia: Two Societies and Their Interaction, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 194 - 214
, 1981, 'Politics of Agricultural Protectionism in Northeast Asia: The Japanese Experience', in Anderson K; George AD (ed.), Australian Agriculture and Newly Industrialising Asia: Issues for Research, Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU; Books Australia, Inc., Canberra and Miami, Florida, pp. 44 - 67
Edited Books
George Mulgan AD; Honma M, (ed.), 2015, The Political Economy of Japanese Trade Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York, http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137414557
Anderson K; George Mulgan AD, (ed.), 1980, Australian Agriculture and Newly Industrialising Asia: Issues for Research, Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU; Books Australia Inc., Canberra and Miami, Florida
Journal articles
, 2023, '"Is JAUKUS a Politically Viable Option in Japan?"', Australian Outlook
, 2022, 'Kishida's difficult year', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/12/18/kishidas-difficult-year/
, 2022, 'Abe’s death leaves a leadership vacuum', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/10/11/abes-death-leaves-a-leadership-vacuum/#more-1255690
, 2022, 'Japan mixes religion and politics', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/09/22/japan-mixes-religion-and-politics/#more-1207704
, 2022, 'Shinzo Abe’s special legacy', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/07/12/shinzo-abes-special-legacy/#more-1031076
, 2022, ''What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Portends for Japan’s Northern Territories'', The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/what-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-portends-for-japans-northern-territories/
, 2022, ''Kishida’s new capitalism raises more questions than it answers'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/02/07/kishidas-new-capitalism-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers/
, 2021, ''Confusion reigns over Kishida’s big economic promises'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/10/29/confusion-reigns-over-kishidas-big-economic-promises/
, 2021, ''Kishida goes all out for Japan’s top job'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/11/kishida-goes-all-out-for-japans-top-job/
, 2021, ''Abe’s Lasting Strategic Legacy in the Indo-Pacific'', Australian Outlook, https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/abes-lasting-strategic-legacy-in-the-indo-pacific/
, 2020, ''Suga’s accountability problem'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/08/sugas-accountability-problem/