2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Remunicipalization and modernization of local public services: Implementation of organizational reform and its social impact
| Project/Area Number |
17K03553
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University (2022)
Yokohama City University (2018-2021)
Sapporo University (2017) |
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Principal Investigator |
UNO Jiro 北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (90438341)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 地方公営企業 / 水道事業 / 再公営化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Firstly, this study uses the water utilities of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Osaka City as case studies to show that, even under the same institutional environment, the logic of operation differs depending on the organizational autonomy. More importantly, the study also revealed that under the Japanese Local Public Enterprise Act, organizations are never fully autonomous and are always subject to influences from the local community.
Second, the study identifies the characteristics of the German local public enterprise system and the processes and results of privatization and municipalization of water utilities in Germany. Privatization has been implemented in German water utilities since the 1990s. Privatization affects the distribution structure of the profits resulting from the business. The study reveals the process by which municipalization has been implemented due to dissatisfaction with it.
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| Free Research Field |
行政学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
この研究では、1990年代以降の日本とドイツにおける地方公営企業の組織改革がどのようなものであるのかを明らかにした。ドイツでは、水道事業の民営化も行われていたが、それを再公営化する動きも見られていた。この研究では、それが経済的な面で行われた側面もあることを明らかにし、再公営化の理解を豊富化することに貢献した。
また、東京都と大阪市という限られた事例を対象にしたものであったが、二つの水道事業における経営の実践や改革の実施を詳細に追跡することにより、効率性の観点とは異なる公共性の観点から、日本の地方公営企業の実態を明らかにした。
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