Quantitative Analysis of Policy Tools in Contemporary Japanese Government

• Project/Area Number: 25518007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 公共政策
• Research Institution: Kyoto University (2015); Kobe University (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: Soga Kengo 京都大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (60261947)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 官僚制 / 中央省庁 / 政策手段 / 内閣官房 / 政策実施 / 行政と国民 / アカウンタビリティ / 中央府省 / データセット / ゲーム理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research projects aims to reveal the policy makings and implementations of contemporary Japanese government using quantitative dataset. Especially the focus of the research put on changes of central ministries after the rearrangement of those in 2001.
The analysis shows that Cabinet Secretariat put more weights on policy making in recent years. At the same time it does not means the decline of policy makings of other ministries. In addition to that, this decade by itself has a variety in it. Each government shows the different weight on Cabinet Secretariat and other ministries.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 広報・広聴メディアの発達と自治体：いかなる自治体がフェイスブックやツイッターを利用するのか (2013)
  • Author(s): 曽我謙悟
  • Journal Title: 都市問題 Volume: 104巻8号 Pages: 44-53
• [Book] 大震災に学ぶ社会科学 第1巻 政治過程と政策 (2016)
  • Author(s): 辻中豊，伊藤光利，曽我謙悟，濱本真輔，大倉沙江，久保慶明，リプシー，フィリップ，阿部弘臣，秋吉貴雄，田川寛之，上川龍之進，高木厚，河村和徳，山本英弘，森裕城，伊藤裕顕
  • Total Pages: 400
  • Publisher: 東洋経済新報社
• [Book] アカウンタビリティ改革の政治学 (2015)
  • Author(s): 高橋百合子，粕谷祐子，曽我謙悟，大村華子，久保慶一，クリスチャン・リュプケ，鹿毛利枝子，岡山裕，小川有美
  • Publisher: 有斐閣