Regional policy and region-making under the post-Fordist capitalism

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01799
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Yamai Toshiaki 立命館大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10230301)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 地方自治 / 民主主義 / ドイツ / 自治体改革 / バーデン・ヴュルテンベルク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The task of this study was to examine changes in regional policy in West Germany in the 1970s with a view to its relationship to local autonomy and democracy.In the course of the research,an examination of the process of municipal reform in the West German states from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s has become the most central part of the study. What were the implications of this reform, which reduced the number of municipalities in the country by about one-third,for local self-government and democracy in Germany? The case study of Baden-Wuerttemberg was used to examine this question.

Free Research Field

経済史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

いわゆる権威主義国家の台頭、そしてポピュリズムの席巻のなかで、民主主義の意義が問い返されている。現在のドイツが、さまざまな問題を抱えつつも、世界で最も堅固な民主主義を備えた国の一つであることを否定する者はあるまい。ナチスの過去を負ったこの国が、いかにして民主主義的な国家・社会を築きあげてきたのか。本研究は、この問いに対する答えを探る一つの試みである。