Environmental Politics in the era of the DPJ government: focusing on the politics of establishment regarding the Nuclear Regulation Authority

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26780096
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	Ritsumeikan University
Principal Investigator	MORI MICHIYA 立命館大学, 公務研究科, 教授 (40380141)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	環境政治 / 事例研究 / 政治過程
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research examines how the Democratic Party of Japan government dealt with environmental issues after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station crisis in 2011. The case studies focus on the politics of establishment regarding the Nuclear Regulation Authority and disaster waste management. In addition, this study engages in theoretical investigation of the policy processes throughout these cases. The resulting analysis contributes to the understanding of continuity and change in environmental politics in postwar Japan.