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Takeishi Lab
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A lab that explores the politics of late-developing countries by studying how bureaucrats and military officers are selected.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading modern politics through elites selected by examination
The Takeishi Lab studies how bureaucrats and military officers in late-developing countries have been selected and formed into collective groups.
Specializing in the history of education and the social history of education, the lab centers on modern Japan and conducts international comparisons with Thailand and South American countries.
Using the link between selection by examination and party politics and civil-military relations as a clue, it examines the factors that make politics unstable.
Prof. Takeishi has written the book Kindai Tokyo no Shiritsu Chugakko: Jokyo to Risshin Shusse no Shakaishi (Private Middle Schools in Modern Tokyo: A Social History of Moving to the City and Rising in the World).
Key terms
- Late-developing countries
- Countries that pursued modernization later than Western countries. The research covers modern Japan, Thailand, Brazil, and others
- Civil-military relations
- The relationship between civilians, such as the government and political parties, and the military
- Civil and military officials
- Civil officials are government officials who handle administration, and military officials are military officers. The research compares both as targets of selection
ResearchResearch themes
Non-Western late-developing countries share a characteristic: they produce elites such as bureaucrats and military officers through selection based on academic ability and examinations. Centering on modern Japan and comparing it with Thailand and South American countries, this lab investigates the relationship between how elites are selected and political stability, from the perspective of the social history of education.
*Illustrative imageExaminations and Civil-Military Relations in Late-Developing Countries
Focusing on civil and military officials in modern Japan, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, the lab investigated the political processes surrounding examinations and the relationship between examinations and party politics. Using Thailand as a case study, it analyzed, from local sources, how systems of appointment and promotion for officials relate to party politics and civil-military relations.
*Illustrative imagePolitics and Military Coups in Late-Developing Countries
Centering on modern Japan and comparing it with South America and Thailand, the lab investigates the institutionalization of appointments for civil and military officials and the differences in cohesion between the two groups. Paying attention to their links with military coups, it seeks to get at the factors that make politics unstable.
*Illustrative imageThe Training of Officers in Modern Japan
The lab investigated how the group of naval officers in modern Japan was formed through education and examinations, and wrote up the results as a paper in 2025. It has been considering how the way elites are selected shaped the characteristics of a group involved in politics.
MembersFaculty
- Professor武石 Takeishi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “US Military Academy graduation - Hat toss - May 2025” Kyle Osterhoudt, U.S. Military Academy / Public domain (cropped)
- Examinations and Civil-Military Relations in Late-Developing Countries: “Dingzhou Examination Hall” Siyuwj / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Politics and Military Coups in Late-Developing Countries: “Parade militaire dans Kaloum après le Coup d'état 2021 en Guinée 18” Aboubacarkhoraa / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Training of Officers in Modern Japan: “Rikugun Shikan Gakko 1907” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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