Local government development in post-war Japan / edited by Michio Muramatsu, Farrukh Iqbal, Ikuo Kume.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muramatsu, Michio, 1940-

Iqbal, Farrukh.

Kume, Ikuo, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--Japan.

Local government.

Japan.

Japan--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Understanding Japanese intergovernmental relations: perspectives, models and salient characteristics / Michio Muramatsu and Farrukh Iqbal

Towards political inclusiveness: the changing role of local government / Terry MacDougall

Partnership in controlled decentralization: local governments and the Ministry of Home Affairs / Kengo Akizuki

Taxes and transfers in Japan's local finances / Nobuki Mochida

Impersonal mechanisms and personal networks in the distribution of grants / Steven R. Reed

Staff loans and transfers among central and local governments in Japan / Takenori Inoki

Personnel systems and policies of local governments / Hiroaki Inatsugu

Municipal amalgamations / Masaru Mabuchi

The agency-delegated function and its implications / Ikuo Kume

Local policy initiatives / Toshiya Kitayama

Local government development: some lessons from Japanese experience / Micio Muramatsu, Farrukh Iqbal, and Ikuo Kume.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199248281

OCLC:

47243975