Study of Contemporary City's Governance from the Perspective of Comparative History: Cases of Japan, Germany and Britain

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25285105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic history
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: BABA Satoshi 東京大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (40192710)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IWAMA Toshihiko 首都大学東京, 社会科学研究科, 教授 (20336506) ; NATAKE Natsuki 関東学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20345276) ; TAKASHIMA Shuichi 青山学院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40409561) ; MORI Takahito 一橋大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (10401671) ; NAGAYAMA Nodoka 青山学院大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20547517)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 現代都市 / ガバナンス / 比較史 / 長い20世紀 / 近代都市

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of our research is to examine the formation and transformation of contemporary cities from the perspective of "urban governance". "Urban governance" is defined here as social order of the urban space that had been formed by interactions between central government, local governments (state, prefecture, city etc), private companies, and voluntary associations. From this viewpoint, we compare the historical cases in United Kingdom, German and Japan with a purpose to analyse how internal and external factors had transformed the social order of the urban space.

Free Research Field

経済史