2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The merger of wards and initiative and referendum system in Berlin
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23530179
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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 | Nagano Prefectural College |
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Principal Investigator |
NOGUCHI Nobuko 長野県短期大学, その他部局等, 助教 (00583296)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 住民投票 / 住民発議 / 区 / 大都市制度 / ベルリン / 区合併 / 都市州 / 行政改革 |
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| Research Abstract |
The merger of wards of roughly same population in Berlin, carried out under the slogan "fewer is more!", made the comparison of administrative services of each ward easy. And it resulted in better administrative services and reasonable number of civil servants.
Many initiatives and referendums by ward residents in Berlin haven't succeeded yet. However, there are some cases where residents' demands were realized as a result of their movement.
The initiative and referendum system of ward in Berlin serves as a tool which produces the politics and administration based on residents' intention.
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