Abstract
Dokuritsu-gyousei-houjin (Agency) has been introduced into the level of Japanese central government from the view of Thatcherisms; "efficiency and effectivenes by privatization of public enterprise". Some Japanese national research institutions have been transformed to agency, and now central government examines to introduce Chihouban-dokuritsu-gyousei-houjin (local agency) into the level of local government. So this thesis tries to examine the issue of the point; how we introduce local agency in order to democratize local autonomy in Japan. In British government, local agency already has been re-examined from the vies of "The Third Way" under Blair government. It is to remake local agency as leader of local community, because local agency has the significance that local residents carry on their local publicity; it means new local governance. Moreover from the view of deliberative democracy, local agency is examined to be social agency, which is the represented space of policy produced by people's public discussion and activity. In Japan, we need to think the introduction of local agency not only from the view of reformation of administration. Thatcherism, but also from the view of deliberative democracy. It is because Japanese local autonomy is still put into insufficient situation on autonomy by residents; "Jumin Jichi". Local agency essentially has plural significance for local autonomy. So if we, Japanese, try to reform local autonomy with the introduction of local agency, we should examine the significance of local agency in order to realize "local autonomy" in Japan.
