Comparative study on the history of Italian bureaucracy

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13620095
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	Kumamoto University
Principal Investigator	SUZUKI Keiju Kumamoto University, Faculty of Law, Full Professor, 法学部, 教授 (90187724)
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2002
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000) Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000) Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywords	ITALY / BUREAUCRACY / HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Research Abstract	1.Made a survey of the administrative reform in the 1990's, i.e. (1)the review of state functions and redistribution of power, (2)Innovations in the management of human resources, (3)reviewing "regulationism" and the administrative decision making, (4)improving government responsiveness and the quality of public services, and recognized the importance of its historical analysis. 2.Analyzed historically the administrative organ, civil service and political environments in Italy, and pointed out the process of its non-systematic structure of organization, 《southernizing of the administration》 and administrative dysfunction. 3.Surveyed the, history of administration in Italy, especially pointed out: (1)likeness between the Covour's reform(1853) and Leopardo's reform in Belgium(1846) (2)differences of the making process of the bureaucracy between Italy and France, Prussia (3)transition of the recruitment, promotion and pay structure. 4.For clear up the transition of ministries, made up the list 《formation of Ministry》 from 1848 to 2001 5.The next research task: (1)Nation building and bureaucracy in Italy (2)Periodization and analysis on the history of administration in Italy (3)Sociological and statistical analysis on the Italian public administration