| Seiki Okazaki | Last modified date：2024.04.08 |
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Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Field of Specialization
Political Theory and Comparative Politics
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
00years06months
Outline Activities
I have studied and taught political theory and comparative politics at Kyushu University, Japan.
Research
Research Interests
- citizen politics
The aim of this study is to reconstruct politcal theory from a perspective of citizen politics.
keyword : citizen politics, democracy
2004.04. - electoral systems
The aim of this study is to compare electoral systems around the world in order to reform the electoral systems in Japan.
keyword : electoral systems, proportional representation with a majority bonus
2008.04.
Books
| 1. | Ryuichi Yamaoka and Seiki Okazaki, eds., The Theory and Practice of Citizen Politics, Revised Edition, Foundation of the Promotion for the Open University of Japan, 2021. |
| 2. | Seiki Okazaki and Toshimichi Kimura, eds., Politics for Biginners: An Introducition to Classical Texts in the History of Political Thought, Minerva Shobo, 2008, [URL]. |
| 3. | Seiki Okazaki, Democracy as Giving: From Honneth to Fromm, Keiso Shobo, 2004, [URL]. |
Reports
| 1. | , [URL].  |
| 2. | David Van Reybrouck, Tegen Verkiezingen (Against Elections), trans. by Seiki Okazaki and Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Hosei University Press, 2019, [URL]. |
| 3. | "Review Article: SE Teruhisa, Anglicization Makes People Stupid: Neo-Liberal Linguistic Imperialism and the Fall of Japanese National Power," Seiji-Kenkyu, No. 64, March 2017, pp. 100-108. |
| 4. | Will Kymlicka, Politics in the Vernacular, trans. by Seiki Okazaki, Teruhisa Se, Hiroyuki Takeshima et al., Hosei University Press, 2012, [URL]. |
| 5. | Bernard Crick, On Citizenship, trans. by Masashi Sekiguchi et al. (including Seiki Okazaki), Hosei University Press, 2011, [URL]. |
| 6. | Seiki Okazaki, "Academic Essay: On the Method of Political Theory," JCSPT Newsletter, No. 26, July 2008, pp. 3-8, [URL]. |
| 7. | Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, 2nd edition, trans. by Shin Chiba, Seiki Okazaki et al., Nihon Keizai Hyouron Sha, 2005, [URL]. |
Papers
| 1. | OKAZAKI Seiki, "The Constitutionality of Proportional Representation with a Limited Majority Bonus," Seiji-Kenkyu, No. 70, March 2023, pp. 1-30. |
| 2. | OKAZAKI Seiki, "Election, Appointment and Sortition," in TAKIKAWA Hirohide, ed., Would You Like to Draw a Lottery?: From Democracy to Survival, Shinzan-sha, 2022, pp. 61-108, [URL]. |
| 3. | OKAZAKI Seiki, ”An Institutional Design for Proportional Representation with a Limited Majority Bonus", Seiki Kenkyu, No. 69, pp. F1(124)-F27(98), 2022.03. |
| 4. | OKAZAKI Seiki, "Appointment and Sortition," Ho to Tetsugaku (Law and Philosophy), No. 7, June 2021, pp. 51-76. |
| 5. | OKAZAKI Seiki, "The Second Defense of Proportional Representation with a Limited Majority Bonus", Seiji Kenkyu, No. 68, pp. F1(130)-F19(112), 2021.03. |
| 6. | Seiki Okazaki, "Election and Sortition," Kenpo-kenkyu (Review of Constitutional Law), No. 5, November 2019, pp. 87-96. |
| 7. | OKAZAKI Seiki, "The Victory of the Idea of Identifiability: A Reinterpretation of the 1990s 'Political Reform' in Japan," Seiji-Kenkyu, No. 66, March 2019, pp. 33-54. |
| 8. | Seiki Okazaki, “In Defense of Proportional Representation with a Limited Majority Bonus,” Hosei Kenkyu, Vol. 85, No. 3-4, March 2019, pp. F1(1516)-F19(1498). |
| 9. | Seiki Okazaki, "Sartori Revisited," The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association, 2016-II, December 2016, pp. 56-77. |
| 10. | Seiki Okazaki kaj Kamata Atsushi, "Politika Teorio pri la Internacia Lingvo Esperanto (Political Theory of the International Language Esperanto)," Seiji-Kenkyu, No. 63, March 2016, pp. 1-33. |
| 11. | Seiki Okazaki, "Political Practice and Political Theory," in What is Political Theory?, ed. by Akira Inoue and Tetsuki Tamura, Fuko Sha, 2014, pp. 99-125, [URL]. |
| 12. | Seiki Okazaki, "Election," in Historical Development of Political Concepts, ed. by Keita Koga, Vol. 6, Koyo Shobo, 2013, pp. 189-208, [URL]. |
| 13. | Seiki Okazaki, "Electoral Systems and Democracy," in Theories of Democracy (New Access Series), ed. by Junichi Saito and Tetsuki Tamura, Nihon Keizai Hyouron Sha, 2012, pp. 203-224, [URL]. |
| 14. | Seiki Okazaki, "Note on the Art of Citizen Politics," in A Study on the 'Form' in Politics, ed. by Masashi Sekiguchi, Fuko Sha, 2009, pp. 223-243, [URL]. |
| 15. | Seiki Okazaki, "Civil Politics and the Conception of Representative Systems," Seiji-Kenkyu, No. 56, March 2009, pp. 1-22. |
| 16. | Seiki Okazaki, "From Honneth to Fromm," Japanese Journal of Political Thought, Special Issue (No. 0), May 2000, pp. 161-173, [URL]. |
| 17. | Seiki Okazaki, "From Honneth to Fromm", International Erich Fromm Society (http://www.erich-fromm.de/), 1999.09, [URL]. |
Presentations
| 1. | Seiki Okazaki, "Political Ideas in the Electoral Reform in 1994: With a Focus on the First Meeting between Hosokawa and Kohno," at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, 19th May 2012, [URL]. |
| 2. | Seiki Okazaki, "Political Fromm," at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Conference for the Study of Political Thought, 23rd May 1998. |
Educational
Educational Activities
I have taught political theory and comparative politics at Kyushu University, Japan. Further, I have a class (on the radio) for an introduction to social sciences at the Open University of Japan.
Social
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