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Citizens in Charge
"Takes a close look at people's involvement in the new framework of state decentralization. By focusing on the potential as well as the limitations of citizens managing local budgets, the goal is to improve the process of democratization of the state and society. The contributors explore the achievements of the process of decentralization, which is the backdrop for the emerging process of citizen participation in public decisionmaking at the local government level. The volume approaches this issue from a general perspective and up close through case studies. The broad perspective generates a framework for analytical understanding of fiscal decentralization and participation. The case studies...
Knowledge Creation in Community Development
This book explores how public organizations and not-for-profit organizations (NPO) can be more collaborative, innovative and effective in solving social issues in both developing and developed countries. “Social innovation,” led by social entrepreneurs and/or social enterprises, emerged in the late 1990s, and spread in 2000s. As the West faced management failures, demand increased for corporations to take on more social responsibility. Based on intensive research on social innovation processes at the municipal and the community level in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan, the book analyses the factors that affected the most effective and efficient social innovations.
3.11
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives, destroyed whole towns, and will ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction. In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster's impact on Japan's government and society. The events of March...
Knowledge Creation in Public Administrations
This book presents a new paradigm of innovative governments in Asia, at the municipal, regional and national levels, based on the knowledge creation theory in management, and leading to organizational transformation and policy reform in public administration. Focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan, the book is based on the findings of a joint research project established to identify the factors that impact the effectiveness or performance of public administration by applying the knowledge-based management theory that originates in private sectors to public sector management.
Sexual Harassment in Japanese Politics
Sexual harassment in Japanese politics examines a problem that violates women’s human rights and prevents a flourishing democracy. Japan fares badly in international gender equality indices, especially for female political representation. The scarcity of women in politics reflects the status of women and also exacerbates it. Based on interviews with female politicians around the country from all levels of government, this book sheds light on the sexist and sometimes dangerous environments in Japanese legislative assemblies. These environments reflect and recreate broader sexual inequalities in Japanese society and are a hothouse for sexual harassment. Like many places around the world, workplace sexual harassment laws and regulations in Japan often fail to protect women from being harassed. Even more, in the ‘workplace’ of the legislative council, such regulations are typically absent. This book discusses what this means for women in politics in the context of a broader culture whereby victims of sexual violence are largely silenced.
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Dezentralisierung in Japan
Die ab der Jahrtausendwende von der japanischen Regierung implementierten Dezentralisierungsmaßnahmen bildeten den Grundpfeiler für eine substanzielle Neugestaltung des zentralistischen Staatssystems. Die Devolution umfasste als Zielparameter sowohl eine effizientere kommunale Selbstverwaltung als auch eine Ausweitung der lokalen Bürgermitbestimmung. Die Autorin trägt dem dadurch angestoßenen lokalen politischen Wandel im besonderen Maße Rechnung, indem sie den Dezentralisierungsoutput auf der Gemeindeebene in den Untersuchungsfokus stellt. Anhand zweier empirischer kommunaler Fallstudien wird der politische Autonomie- und Partizipationszuwachs analysiert. Die Untersuchung stützt sich zudem auf eine Fülle von japanischer Fachliteratur und Experteninterviews, die zuvor nicht von der westlichen Forschung erschlossen wurden. Eines der zentralen Ergebnisse der Studie ist, dass die nationalen Dezentralisierungspolitiken mittelbar die Kommunen zu wachsender politischer Autonomie und Partizipation veranlasst haben.
