村つくりの取り組みと教育の課題(III <特集3>課題研究 構造改革下の自治体教育政策をめぐる動向(2))

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Due to the large-scale merging of cities, towns and villages during the Heisei era the number of municipalities declined sharply from 2562 in 1999 to only 989 by the year 2009. Also the Liberal-Democratic Party is attempting to further reorganize municipalities with populations of around 300,000. However, self-governance requires that the local residents autonomously govern the region. Discussion and the study to approach sharing the conclusion are indispensable so that the residents may practice autonomy relying on neither despotism nor an easy decision by majority democracy. The smaller the municipality is, the more possible autonomy becomes. "Village management committee" has been pursuing the achievement of such a resident self-governance in Achi-son. The Ngano Prefecture. "Cooperation" is used as a strategy that reduces the public field and shifts responsibility to the resident. However, the cooperation that we think about expands the public field in the opposite direction, and develops the resident sel-governance. Our thinking and acting are important in the achievement of resident self-governance.