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Japan’s local governance at the crossroads: the third wave of reform

Jain, Purnendra

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Local governance today is a contested issue worldwide. In the 1990s local or sub-national governance gained greater salience under the forces of globalisation, technological advancement, deregulation and administrative reform - all of which present enormous challenges to local communities and the ways in which they can be governed effectively. Calls for reform of Japan’s political system have featured prominently throughout the 1990s, as rhetoric and, to a limited extent, as policy. In Japan’s...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorJain, Purnendra
dc.date.accessioned2004-03-25
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T09:01:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:25:29Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T09:01:14Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:25:29Z
dc.date.created2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/40451
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/40451
dc.description.abstractLocal governance today is a contested issue worldwide. In the 1990s local or sub-national governance gained greater salience under the forces of globalisation, technological advancement, deregulation and administrative reform - all of which present enormous challenges to local communities and the ways in which they can be governed effectively. Calls for reform of Japan’s political system have featured prominently throughout the 1990s, as rhetoric and, to a limited extent, as policy. In Japan’s highly centralised political system, local governments have struggled for autonomy from the national government. The reform movement of the 1990s has done more than simply advance the push for greater local autonomy. It has forced local governments to begin improving their performance while taking greater responsibility for local affairs. Unlike in earlier periods, reforms from the 1990s have been simultaneously top down and bottom up.
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dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.subjectJapan
dc.subjectlocal government
dc.subjectglobalisation
dc.subjecttechnological advancement
dc.subjectderegulation
dc.subjectadministrative reform
dc.subjectdecentralisation
dc.subjectpolitical reform
dc.titleJapan’s local governance at the crossroads: the third wave of reform
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paper
local.description.refereedno
local.identifier.citationmonthaug
local.identifier.citationyear2000
local.identifier.eprintid2443
local.rights.ispublishedno
dc.date.issued2000
local.contributor.affiliationANU
local.contributor.affiliationAPSEG
local.citationPacific Economic Papers No.306
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