Comprehensive analysis on the political conditions for expertise

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330039
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: UCHIYAMA Yu 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 教授 (00242066)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAHASHI Naoki 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (30146948) ; KAGE Rieko 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 准教授 (10362807)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ITO Takeshi 専修大学, 法学部, 教授 (70302784) ; ITO Masatsugu 首都大学東京, 大学院社会科学研究科, 教授 (40347258) ; OKAYAMA Hiroshi 慶応大学, 法学部, 教授 (70272408) ; KARITA Shinji 國學院大學, 法学部, 教授 (30251458) ; KAWASHIMA Shuji 明治大学, 政治経済学部, 准教授 (00409492) ; FUJITA Yukiko 学習院大学, 法学部, 教授 (00338584) ; MAKIHARA Izuru 東京大学, 先端技術研究センター, 教授 (00238891)
• Research Collaborator: SUGINOHARA Masako 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 助教 ; ISHIGAKI Chiaki 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科 ; HAYAKAWA Yuki 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 専門性 / 政治学 / 政策形成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study analyses the political conditions for expertise, that is, the conditions under which experts and expertise in various areas can be politically utilized, focusing on both historical origins and contemporary policies.
As results of our study, we have discovered the following. Firstly, the dichotomy between experts and democracy doesn't always apply. There exist variations across policy areas and times in the political conditions of expertise. Secondly, various attempts of collaboration have been made in order to utilise expertise, and a situation that can be called "sharing of expertise" is arising in modern politics. Thirdly, there is a certain correlation between the political conditions of expertise on the one hand, and personalisation of political institutions and partisanisation on the other hand.

Free Research Field

政治学