This book explores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States, and it explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments. This major comparative study comprises ten pairs of essays written by leading Japanese and American scholars on parallel public policy issues, institutional patterns, and intergovernmental relations in Japan and the United States, all set in the context of globalization and its impact on decentralization in each country. The twenty contributors and the editors provide new insights into the domestic consequences of global interdependence by examining emerging strategies for dealing with environmental concerns, urban problems, infrastructure investments, financial policies, and human services issues. An important study of the changing global setting, Globalization and Decentralization emphasizes the innovative and adaptive roles played by Japanese and American state, provincial, regional, and local governments in responding to the dramatic economic and political power shifts created by the new world order.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword R. Scott Fosler and Shinyasu Hoshino Globalization and Decentralization: An Overview Jong S. Jun and Deil S. Wright
Part I: Institutional Contexts Introduction
1. From Dual to Coercive Federalism in American Intergovernmental Relations John Kincaid
2. Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: Historical and Legal Patterns of Power Distribution Fukashi Horie
3. Innovative Policies and Administrative Strategies for Intergovernmental Change in Japan Hiromi Muto
4. Remapping Federalism: The Rediscovery of Civic Governance in the United States DeWitt John, Alex Halley, and R. Scott Fosler
5. Emerging Regional Organizational and Institutional Forms: Strategies and Prospects for Transcending Localism in the United States John Kirlin
6. Understanding Regional Administration in Japan: Dynamism in Stability and Continuity in Change Takashi Nishio
Part II: Public Policy Issues Introduction
7. The Roles of Central Government and Local Government in Japan's Regional Development Policies Naohisa Nagata
8. Public Infrastructure, Capital Investment, and Economic Development in the United States Bruce McDowell
9. The "Tokyo Problem" and the Development of Urban Issues in Japan Akira Nakamura
10. Metropolitan Growth and Development in the United States: Human Problems and Prospects Ralph Widner
11. Service Integration Revisited and Reinvented: The Strategic Role of Schools in Human Services Astrid Merget and William Colman
12. Social Welfare Issues in Japan: Meeting the Needs of an Aging Society Akira Morita
13. Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations in Japan: The Problem of Solid Waste Management Katsumi Yorimoto
14. The Interstate Transport of Solid Waste: Intergovernmental Tensions and the Conflict Between Law and Policy Rosemary O'Leary and Paul Weiland
15. Fiscal Disparities in the United States: Concepts, Trends, and Policies Robert Rafuse
16. The Politics of Local Government Finance in Japan Yoshio Kobayashi
Part III: Internationalization and Globalization Introduction
17. State and Local Boundary-Spanning Strategies in the United States: Political, Economic, and Social Transgovernmental Interactions John M. Kline
18. Technology Transfer from Iowa to Japan: Internationalization and the Quality of Life in Rural Areas Kazunori Ishiguro
19. Japanese Local Government in an Era of Global Economic Interdependency Shinyasu Hoshino
20. The Domestic Consequences of Internationalization: Emerging Conflicts Enid Beaumont
