A Guide to Planning Administration in Recognition of “New Publicness”

Abstract

The phrase “new publicness” is often used in Japan in order to identify the recent relationship between the public and local governments, even though the expression is not widely used in English. The subject of this article is a guide for the planning administration of a Japanese local government. It discusses how a local government should formulate its fundamental policy in regards to the recent trend of “new publicness,” which could be called a new public society focused on a partnership between the public and the government. This is a basic question of the article. In conclusion, a new guide is introduced in addition to an efficient new public management method based on a public-private sector relationship.