2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A comprehensive study of the influence of municipal amalgamation in Japan,promoted by the national policy in the Heisei era.
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22330050
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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 | 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所 (2012)
公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部) (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIO Masaru 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所, 研究部, 理事長 (60009800)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHINDOU Muneyuki 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究担当常務理事・兼研究部長 (30138549)
MIYAKE Hiroshi 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 研究室主幹 (80559807)
GOISHI Norimichi 大阪市立大学, 大学院・創造都市研究科, 准教授 (30559810)
TAKAI Tadashi 帝京大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (00559809)
TANAHASHI Masashi 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 主任研究員 (40573605)
KIMURA Yoshihiro 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 主任研究員 (50559812)
KAWATE Syou 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 研究員 (60559813)
TANAKA Akiko 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 研究員 (70559814)
MANNO Rie 元財団法人東京市政調査会(研究部), 研究室, 研究員
HATANO Isamu 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 研究員 (50622388)
KOISHIKAWA Yuusuke 公益財団法人後藤・安田記念東京都市研究所(研究部), 研究室, 研究員 (00622391)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 行政学 / 市町村合併 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study elucidated the influence that the municipal amalgamation in the Heisei era brought. We made a cross country comparison about municipal amalgamation and built databases about administration (number of officials, administrative organization, public facilities), finance (general account and special accounts, public enterprises), politics (result of elections, attributes of elected officials) of amalgamated cities. We also did interviews with the officials of central ministries, prefectural and municipal governments who were in charge of amalgamation.
Though the central government has spoken out the good effects of the amalgamation, we found that those effects did not significantly appear in the comparison with the local governments which did not amalgamate. In addition, the measures that were introduced to cope with an evil of amalgamation (e.g. an increase of a inhabitant’s sense of distance for the local government) did not function enough. We concluded that the municipal amalgamation in the Heisei era was promoted for making municipal governments carry out an administrative reform, that is, reduction in administrative expenses and the number of officials.
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Research Products
(2 results)
