The Politics of Local Decentralization: Comparative evidence from Japan, Canada, Deutch, Chile, U.K., and France

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285040
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Akizuki Kengo 京都大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (60243002)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Mbuchi Masaru 立命館大学, 政策学部, 教授 (70165934) ; Nam Kyung-tae 京都大学, 法学研究科, 准教授 (50432406) ; Kid Hideki 京都女子大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (30582358) ; Nagato Chikara 愛知大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60410768) ; Tamai Ryouko 京都府立大学, 公共政策学部, 准教授 (10621740) ; Kondo Masaki 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 准教授 (80511998) ; Funaki Rizuko 中央大学, 商学部, 准教授 (20580054)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地方分権 / 国際比較 / 地方分権の効果 / 地方分権の原因

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Why do central governments enact reforms that weaken their own power, i.e. pursue political decentralization, and devolve authority and finances to local governments? Under what conditions do they promote decentralization? How is the timing and speed of the decentralization decided? The aim of this book is to solve the conditions and causal relationships of decentralization.
Do decentralization policies always increase the power of governors nad mayors? And, if so, what explains the resulting variation in the degree of change experienced across countries?

Free Research Field

行政学