NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND LOCAL POWER IN JAPAN. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Takao, Yasuo
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; References; 1. National Unity and Diversity; Defining Centralisation and Local Autonomy; The Institutions between Centre and Locality; Representative Rules; Territorial Rules; Financial Rules; Personnel and Recruitment Rules; Functional Rules; Political Rules; Explaining Japanese Features; Institutional Changes; Concluding Comment; Notes; References; 2. The Making of Local Government; The Meiji Local Government System The General Mobilisation of 1910-1945The Occupation Reforms, 1945-52; The Period of High Economic Growth, 1952-1973; The Emergence of the Japanese Welfare State; Fiscal Control; Participatory Autonomy; Notes; References; 3. Increased State Activity and Administrative Integration; National Spending Priorities; Choka Futan (Overburdening); The Case of Day-Care Centres; Law for the Appropriate Implementation of National Treasury Shares and Subsidies; Jizen Kyogi (Preliminary Consultation) and Naiji (Preliminary Approval); Notes; References; 4. Settsu City and its Litigation Challenge Urbanisation and Socioeconomic TrendsUrbanisation and Local Politics; Mayoral Leadership and Local Finance; Financial Innovations; Municipal Budget Politics; Settsu City's Challenge against the Central Government; Notes; References; 5. Central-Local Government Interaction and its Nature; Mutual Dependency and the Institutional Environment; Mayoral Leadership; Ad Hoc Manipulation; Indirect Access to the Centre; Osaka Prefecture as an Intermediate Agency; Prefectural Discretion; Constraints upon Prefectural Discretion; Loan Permission and Discretion Participatory Autonomy at the Multi-Level SystemCentral Government's Reaction; Notes; References; 6. Comparative Perspective: Conclusion; Spectrum of Administrative Integration; Cross-national Inquiry; State and Society; Central and Local Governments; Notes; References; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 320.8095209045; Central-local government relations -- Japan; Local government -- Japan -- History; Local government -- Social aspects -- Japan; Central-local government relations; Local government; Local government -- Social aspects; Politics and government; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Japan; History; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429445897; 9780429820069; 0429820062
• Related ISBNs: 042944589X; 1138333573; 9781138333574
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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