2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Politics of Accountability Reform
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23330043
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OGAWA Ariyoshi 立教大学, 法学部, 教授 (70241932)
OKAYAMA Hiroshi 慶應義塾大学, 法学部, 教授 (70272408)
KAGE Rieko 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (10362807)
KASUYA Yuko 慶應義塾大学, 法学部, 教授 (50383972)
KUBO Keiichi 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (30366976)
SOGA Kengo 神戸大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (60261947)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | アカウンタビリティ / 民主主義 / 選挙 / 市民社会 / 情報公開 / 制度改革 / 国際比較 |
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| Research Abstract |
What explains institutional reforms to enhance government accountability? This research attempted to address this question by examining accountability reforms which had advanced in many parts of the world. Specifically, the goal of this research was three-fold. First, we revisited the concept of accountability, and provided a clear definition in order to avoid conceptual confusion. Second, we examined what kinds of institutions had been established to generate four types of accountability: electoral accountability, horizontal accountability, societal accountability, and international accountability. Third, by focusing on the cases of the United States, EU, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Japan, and Southeast Asia, we found factors promoting institutional reforms of each type of accountability.
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Research Products
(24 results)
