特集論説
川崎市自治基本条例と指定都市における市民自治の現在
2013 年 36 巻 2 号 p. 17-22
詳細
2013 年 36 巻 2 号 p. 17-22
Kawasaki City is one of the 20 designated cities in Japan with a population of over 1.4 million, and is the first designated city to have enacted an autonomy fundamental ordinance. Currently, Kawasaki City is promoting citizen-based city planning in line with the main purport of the “Kawasaki City Autonomy Fundamental Ordinance”, which was enacted in 2005.
Firstly, this article overviews the background toward and deliberation process of the ordinance. It then focuses on the definition of “citizen” and characteristics of the Ordinance's stipulations such as “Corporate Social Responsibility”, etc. It further focuses on the administrative situation of the public referendum system, etc., which was set up based on the Ordinance's principles of “participation” and “cooperation”.
Finally this article outlines a way forward for Kawasaki City's citizen-based autonomy as a metropolis in the new era, based on the process of cooperative projects within communities represented by “Ward Citizens' Councils”.
