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Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an urban studies and planning approach. The essays in the collection present a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present and future of decentralization in Japan. These include small scale development in the fields such as citizen participation (machizukuri), urban form and architecture, disaster prevention and conservation of monuments.The contributors suggest that new trends are emerging

City planning --- Decentralization in government --- Central-local government relations --- Urbanisme --- Décentralisation administrative --- Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales --- 911.3:32 --- 915.20 --- #SBIB:35H6089 --- #SBIB:328H53 --- Geopolitiek. Politieke geografie --- Geography of Japan --- Bestuur en beleid: nationale en regionale studies: Japan --- Instellingen en beleid: Japan --- 911.3:32 Geopolitiek. Politieke geografie --- Décentralisation administrative --- Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales --- Sociology, Urban --- Japan --- Economic conditions --- wkh --- toshi --- keikaku --- city --- planning --- law --- land --- readjustment --- projects --- kanagawa

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Since the days of Montesquieu and Jefferson, political decentralization has been seen as a force for better government and economic performance. It is thought to bring government 'closer to the people', nurture civic virtue, protect liberty, exploit local information, stimulate policy innovation, and alleviate ethnic tensions. Inspired by such arguments, and generously funded by the major development agencies, countries across the globe have been racing to devolve power to local governments. This book re-examines the arguments that underlie the modern faith in decentralization. Using logical analysis and formal modeling, and appealing to numerous examples, it shows that most are based on vague intuitions or partial views that do not withstand scrutiny. A review of empirical studies of decentralization finds these as inconclusive and mutually contradictory as the theories they set out to test.

Government --- Central-local government relations. --- Comparative government. --- Decentralization in government. --- Federal government. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Division of powers --- Federal government --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Local government --- Public administration --- Law and legislation --- Administration publique --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Décentralisation --- Gouvernement fédéral --- Politique comparée --- Relations pouvoirs locaux - pouvoir central --- Décentralisation --- Gouvernement fédéral --- Politique comparée

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This handbook provides an authoritative study of European decentralisation, taking into account, from a territorial perspective, the different political and administrative traditions in Europe (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Ex-communist States) and the cleavages North-South and East-West. While in recent decades most European countries have implemented devolution policies trying to tackle different political, social or bureaucratic problems, some others have instead regionalised their territory, applied federal or pseudo-federal reforms and strengthened the role of subnational governments. This volume analyses decentralisation in these countries using different variables including history, territorial organisation, civil service and financing, and reveals how this phenomenon leads to complex intergovernmental linkages. The evolution of territorial decentralisation, the political tensions between centre and periphery, the autonomy of the subnational governments and their functions and competences, the tools of co-ordination and co-operation, and the features and role of civil service are the main issues studied here with an interdisciplinary approach.

Public administration --- Europe --- Déconcentration administrative --- Décentralisation administrative --- Science politique --- Regionalism --- Comparative government --- Federal government --- Régionalisme --- Fédéralisme --- Droit --- Études comparatives. --- Politique et gouvernement. --- Politics and government --- 338.43 --- 321.68 --- Regionaal beleid. Industriële ontwikkeling en omschakeling van bepaalde regio's. Nieuwe industrieën --- Federalisme --- Europe-Politics and government. --- Regionalism. --- Comparative politics. --- European Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Human geography --- Nationalism --- Interregionalism --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Déconcentration administrative --- Décentralisation administrative --- Régionalisme --- Fédéralisme --- Études comparatives. --- Comparative government.

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Administrative law --- administratief recht --- Belgium --- Administratief recht --- Belgique --- België --- Droit administratif --- Civil service --- Decentralization in government --- Public domain --- Administrative procedure --- Fonction publique --- Décentralisation administrative --- Domaine public --- Procédure administrative --- Belgium. --- Belgique. --- --35.05 <493> --- 35.05 <493> --- #A0302A --- 401 Administratief recht --- Conseil d'Etat Raad van State --- Fonctionnaires Ambtenaren --- Administrations non centrales Niet-centrale besturen --- Service public Openbare dienst --- Droit administratif Administratief recht --- Administrations locales Plaatselijk bestuur --- Décentralisation administrative Administratieve decentralisatie --- naslagwerken --- belgie --- BE / Belgium - België - Belgique --- 348.0 --- V6 - Droit administratif - Administratief recht --- Administratief recht--België --- droit administratif --- ouvrages de reference --- belgique --- Administratief recht : Algemene werken en handboeken. --- 35.05 <493> Administratief recht--België --- --Administratief recht --- Décentralisation administrative --- Procédure administrative --- --Administrative law --- Administratief recht : Algemene werken en handboeken --- Droit administratif belge --- Principes généraux

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Pour le profane, la gouvernance fait d'abord penser au fonctionnement des organisations, ou des institutions, et à la distribution du pouvoir dans ces structures. Le jargon dans ce domaine nous vient des spécialistes de la gestion des organisations, des sciences administratives et de la sociologie urbaine. Toutefois, en devenant de plus en plus un domaine privilégiant tant les analyses du politique que de la société, le thème de la gouvernance se révèle porteur d'une nouvelle ambition : celle de se présenter comme une solution de rechange à l'organisation du pouvoir. Le projet d'une nouve

Civil society. --- Decentralization in government. --- Democracy. --- Political participation. --- Political rights. --- Political science. --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Theory of the State --- Décentralisation administrative. --- Société civile. --- Droits politiques. --- Participation politique. --- Science politique. --- Démocratie. --- Civic rights --- Political rights --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Self-government --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Law and legislation --- Decentralisation administrative. --- Societe civile. --- Democratie. --- Civil rights --- Citizenship --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Local government --- Public administration --- Social contract --- philosophie politique --- démocratie --- gouvernement