National integration and local power in japan.
First published in 1999, this book offers a new study of local government in Japan. There is an enormous amount of information about Japanese local government that has not yet appeared in English. With the author's local familiarity, elected local officials and local residents have been extraor...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; References; 1. National Unity and Diversity; Defining Centralisation and Local Autonomy; The Institutions between Centre and Locality; Representative Rules; Territorial Rules; Financial Rules; Personnel and Recruitment Rules; Functional Rules; Political Rules; Explaining Japanese Features; Institutional Changes; Concluding Comment; Notes; References; 2. The Making of Local Government; The Meiji Local Government System.
- The General Mobilisation of 1910-1945The Occupation Reforms, 1945-52; The Period of High Economic Growth, 1952-1973; The Emergence of the Japanese Welfare State; Fiscal Control; Participatory Autonomy; Notes; References; 3. Increased State Activity and Administrative Integration; National Spending Priorities; Choka Futan (Overburdening); The Case of Day-Care Centres; Law for the Appropriate Implementation of National Treasury Shares and Subsidies; Jizen Kyogi (Preliminary Consultation) and Naiji (Preliminary Approval); Notes; References; 4. Settsu City and its Litigation Challenge.
- Urbanisation and Socioeconomic TrendsUrbanisation and Local Politics; Mayoral Leadership and Local Finance; Financial Innovations; Municipal Budget Politics; Settsu City's Challenge against the Central Government; Notes; References; 5. Central-Local Government Interaction and its Nature; Mutual Dependency and the Institutional Environment; Mayoral Leadership; Ad Hoc Manipulation; Indirect Access to the Centre; Osaka Prefecture as an Intermediate Agency; Prefectural Discretion; Constraints upon Prefectural Discretion; Loan Permission and Discretion.
- Participatory Autonomy at the Multi-Level SystemCentral Government's Reaction; Notes; References; 6. Comparative Perspective: Conclusion; Spectrum of Administrative Integration; Cross-national Inquiry; State and Society; Central and Local Governments; Notes; References; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.