Emprical Research of Relationship Between Education Policies and Politics Through Analysis of Diet Members with a Special Interest in Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25381155
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology of education
Research Institution	St. Luke's International University (2015) Niimi College (2013-2014)
Principal Investigator	TAKEISHI Norifumi 聖路加国際大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (00613655)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	族議員 / 教育基本法 / 文教族 / 教育改革 / 教育政治
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The aim of this study is to discuss the relationship between education policies and politics through the analyzing what kind of role politics and politicians played in the policy-making process. Diet members with a special interest in education (bunkyozoku) had exerted their influence on education policies over a long period of time. But as the process came to depend on power balance between the government and the ruling party (LDP), in 2000s, which the Cabinet Office took initiative, the members lost their power. And we point out that the members had to compromise with another ruling party on education policies. In addition this study emphasizes the importance of paying attention to the process of the opposite parties from the perspective of competition between ruling party and top opposite one, of conflict among some groups in leading opposition party.