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Sara Konoe looks into the politics of financial regulatory developments in the United States, Japan, and Germany. These case studies highlight systemic interaction between institutions and political contexts, and provide broader implications for global financial governance.

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PART I: THE PROBLEM UNDER ANALYSIS 1. Domestic Responses to Global Shifts PART II: THE IMPACT OF REGULATORY AND POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION 2. Financial Liberalization 3. Restructuring Markets and Regulators 4. Financial Politics: Case Analysis and the Implications of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis PART III: IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE 5. Domestic Politics and Global Governance

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Sara Konoe is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Kansai University, Japan. She received her PhD from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in May 2009 and was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in 2009-2010.

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