Globalization and Decentralization
![]() 416 pp., 6 x 9 Hardcover ISBN: 9780878406180 () 416 pp., 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 9780878406197 (0878406190) June 1996 LC: 96-11851 Sales Rights: World EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents |
Globalization and Decentralization
Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States
Jong S. Jun and Deil S. Wright, Editors
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. Table of Contents 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 |