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Brian Woodall
Professor
Member Of:
- School of International Affairs
Email Address:
brian.woodall@inta.gatech.eduFax Number:
404-894-1900Office Location:
Habersham 146Related Links:
Overview
Brian Woodall joined the faculty of the Sam Nunn School in 1994. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and has held full-time faculty positions at the University of California at Irvine and at Harvard University as well as visiting appointments at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, and Kobe University. Dr. Woodall is the author of Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868 (University Press of Kentucky), Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works (University of California Press), and Japan's Changing World Role (Japan Society), and co-editor of Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote (University Michigan Press). In addition, he has authored numerous articles and book chapters, served as Chair of the Southern Japan Seminar, and serves on the editorial board of Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics. He has been interviewed on many media outlets, including CNN, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and the Asahi Shimbun. His research focuses on issues of sustainable development, including energy and environmental policies; the role of institutions in shaping transportation investment, equity, and regional proposerity; institutions and flood control resilience in an era of climate change; and mega-regions and sustainable development in comparative perspective. Dr. Woodall has received funding support from the Fulbright Commission (U.S. Japan Educational Commission), Coca-Cola Foundation, U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, the Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council, the University of California Pacific Rim Research Program, and the Japan Foundation. His teaching includes graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics and global development, government and politics of Japan and East Asia, energy and environmental policy, and sustainable development.
He is also Director of the Japan Summer Program in Sustainable Development.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (Political Science)
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Fulbright Scholar (Japan)
- Abe Fellowship (Social Science Research Council)
- Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellow
- Chancellor
- Bennett Prize in Political Science for Best Undergraduate Research Paper
Interests
Research Fields:
- Clean Energy
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy
- Global Energy Security
- Institutional Analysis
- Regional Security Challenges
- Transportation
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Asia (East)
Issues:
- Energy
- Environment
- International Development
- Regional Development
- Infrastructure
- Institution-Building
- Sustainability
- Transportation
Courses
- INTA-2001: Careers In Intl Affairs
- INTA-2050: Intro to Global Develpmt
- INTA-2230: Govt & Politics of Asia
- INTA-2698: Research Assistantship
- INTA-3040: Energy Environ Policy
- INTA-3203: Comparative Politics
- INTA-3231: Gov't & Politics-Japan
- INTA-3232: Sustainable Megaregion
- INTA-4040: Environmental Politics
- INTA-4744: Global Develop Capstone
- INTA-6202: Comparative Politics
- INTA-8001: Sci,Tech&Intl Affairs II
- INTA-8010: IAST Ph.D. Proseminar
- INTA-8813: Special Topics
- INTA-8823: Special Topics
- INTA-8833: Special Topics
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Japan in 2019: Diplomatic Strains, Domestic Dilemmas, and a New Imperial Era
In: Asian Survey, Vol. 60 (No. 1, February 2020), pp. 47-60.
Date: 2020
All Publications
Books
- Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868
Date: 2014
Woodall, Brian, Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
- Elections and Campaigning in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Date: 1999
Woodall, Brian, Grofman, Bernard, Lee, Sung-Chull, and Winckler, Edwin (Eds.), Elections and Campaigning in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (1999)
- Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works
Date: 1996
Woodall, Brian, Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works. Berkeley: University of California Press (1996).
- Japan's Changing World Role: Emerging Leader or Perpetual Follower?
Date: 1993
Journal Articles
- Japan in 2019: Diplomatic Strains, Domestic Dilemmas, and a New Imperial Era
In: Asian Survey, Vol. 60 (No. 1, February 2020), pp. 47-60.
Date: 2020
- Japan in 2018: Abe Rule, Trump Shocks, and Mother Nature’s Wrath
In: Asian Survey, Vol. 59 (No. 1, February 2019), pp. 63-76.
Date: 2019
- The Development of China's Developmental State:Environmental Challenges and Stages of Growth
Date: May 2014
"The Development of China's Developmental State: Environmental Challenges and Stages of Growth," China Currents, vol. 13 (no. 1), May 2014
- Japan's new basic energy plan
In: Energy Policy
Date: June 2011
- Japan's Failure in Pharmaceuticals: The Toxic Effects of Price Controls
In: Japan Studies Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 1999
- Japanese Drugs and the Unholy Trivumvirate
In: Osaka Hoken-i Zasshi
Date: June 1997
- Career Concerns and Reform in Japan's Lower House Electoral System
In: Japan Studies Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 1997
- US-Japan Trade and the Ultra-Strong Yen
In: Yutori
Date: May 1995
- A Call for Wisdom in Trade Negotiations: Exploring the Efficacy of 'Super 301' in US-Japan Economic Relations
In: The Economic Review
Date: 1995
- The Logic of Collusive Action: The Political Roots of Japan's Dango System
In: Comparative Politics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: April 1993
- A Mercantilist Triangle? Japanese Aid, Investment, and Trade in Asia
In: Inside Japan: Harvard's Japan Journal
Date: 1992
- The Venture Boom and Japanese Industrial Policy: Promoting the Neglected Winners
In: Asian Survey [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 1985
- Response to the Japanese Challenge
In: Asia Pacific Community
Date: 1985
- Japan’s Failure in Pharmaceuticals: The Toxic Effects of
Price Controls"
In: Japan Studies Review
Chapters
- Democratization in East Asia
In: Chapter in Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia (Shiping Hua, ed.)
Date: 2018
- Japanese Political Finance and Its Dark Side
Date: 2014
- Japanese Political Finance and Its Dark Side
Date: 2014
- The Development of Japan's Developmental State: Stages of Growth and the Social Costs of Energy and Export Promotion Policies
In: Chapter in East Asian Development Model: 21st Century Perspectives (Shiping Hua and Ruihua Hu, Editors).
Date: 2014
Woodall, Brian. "The Development of Japan's Developmental State: Stages of Growth and the Social Costs of Energy and Export Promotion Policies," book chapter in East Asian Development Model: 21st Century Perspectives (Shiping Hua and Ruihua Hu, Editors). London: Routledge, 2014. Pp. 101-120.
- Japan: Energy Efficiency Paragon, Green Growth Laggard
Date: December 2013
book chapter in Religion to Reality: Energy Systems Transformation for Sustainable Prosperity - Political Feasibility and Empirical Assessments of a Pacific Free Trade Area
Date: 1998
- Japan's Double Standards: Technical Standards and US-Japan Economic Relations
Date: 1996
- The Politics of Land in Japan's Dual Political Economy
- The Unshakable Money Base of Japanese Politics: Parties, Candidates, Donors and Corruption
Conferences
- America's Economic Policies in Asia
Working Papers
- Japan's Failure in Pharmaceuticals: Why is the World Saying 'No' to Japanese Drugs?
Date: 1997
- Political Feasibility and Empirical Assessments of a Pacific Free Trade Area
Date: 1996
- Japan's Double Standards: Technical Standards and US-Japan Economic Relations?
Date: 1995
- Inside Japan's Leviathan: Decision-Making in the Government Bureaucracy
Date: July 1988
Interviews
- Interviewed on CNN International concerning the Sino-Japanese territorial conflict over the
Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands,
Date: September 2012
Interviewed on CNN International concerning the Sino-Japanese territorial conflict over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands,
Thesis / Dissertations
- Japan's Textbook Revision Controversy: An Attempt at Interpretation
- Pork Barrel Politics in Japan: Trade Friction, Public Works, and the Triadic Syndicate, 1955-1988
Other Publications
- Dango (Price-fixing)
In: Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management
Date: 2000
- Ministry of Construction
In: Encyclopedia of Japanes Business and Management
Date: 2000