2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on Process Adaptation and Contextual Change in the International Transfer of Policy-Making Processes

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20730091
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	MATSUURA Masahiro The University of Tokyo, 大学院・公共政策学連携研究部, 特任准教授 (70456101)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	政策移転 / 学習導出 / ガバナンス / 適応化 / 規制影響評価 / 戦略的環境アセスメント / 参加型テクノロジーアセスメント / コンセンサス会議
Research Abstract	This research examined three cases of institutionalizing policy-making processes in Japan--regulatory impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment and participatory technology assessment--and exemplified the interaction mechanism between process adaptation and contextual change for accommodating imported processes in an existing institutional environment. By comparing the cases this research exemplified the need for a contextual change (e.g., adjusting institutional mechanisms) in the international transfer of policy-making processes.