| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Through my research project, I explain how central policymakers designed the city-government system in major urban areas. The existing literatures in political science analyse "pork barrel" politics, focusing on how central politicians channelled national resources into rural areas, through subsidies and other specific grants. Few researchers explain how the ordinance-designated city system introduced in urban areas works, in spite of the fact that 1/4 of the Japanese population live in the major urban areas. How the 20 major cities, such as Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, are actually governed is still unknown.
Thus, I investigate the system of the ordinance-designated cities, the context that the cities are embedded, and the roles of mayors, permanent staff, and city councillors. Finally, the book reconsiders why the maverick mayor of Osaka, Mr Toru Hashimoto, argues the abolition of the city government and creation of the brand-new "Metropolitan government" system in Osaka.
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