Hideko Magara

Hideko Magara is a Professor at Waseda University, Japan, specializing in comparative politics and political economy. Her research focuses on transitions between policy regimes (e.g., social democratic to neoliberal), systemic economic crises, and institutional reform in developed democracies. She has edited influential works such as Economic Crises and Policy Regimes: The Dynamics of Policy Innovation and Paradigmatic Change (Edward Elgar, 2014) and co-edited The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan (2013).

Magara's theoretical and empirical analyses explore how neoliberal policies have exacerbated inequality, eroded institutional consensus, and constrained electoral mechanisms in addressing crises. She investigates conditions for creating new policy regimes through social coalitions, wage dynamics, and global governance challenges, emphasizing the need for democratic participation and institutional adjustments in the post-neoliberal era.