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Charles Crabtree

Charles Crabtree is Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on intergroup relations and conflict in several countries including Japan.


Articles by Charles Crabtree (1)

  • Charles Crabtree 4 Dec 2025

    Japan’s analog bureaucracy holds back a digital economy

    Obtaining a criminal-record check should be a simple task, yet in Japan reveals a state capacity problem.

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