抄録
The article discusses the reason why parental participation system in school administration had not been raised in Japan and the way in which the arguments and governmental policies on parental participation have appeared after the middle of 1980s. The paper clarifies, through using 5 types of concept on the public sphere (‘P. S.’in the following), i.e., P.S. organized by the state, by the nation, by labourers, by the market and by citizens, that there has been the resurge of〈P.S. by citizens〉after the middle of 1980s. This resurge is mainly consisted of the adoption of the constitutional democracy and the participative democracy in the side of the régime and the changing of the recognition on the state and civil society in the side of Marxism. In addition, the appearance of〈P.S. by the market〉in 1980s has made〈P. S. by citizens〉recognise the crucial role of the government to regulate the market (section 2). From this view point the paper explores the work of Kenichi NAGAI and Isao KUROSAKI, which represents these disputes in the field of the study of school administration (section 3). The author then examines the existing parental participation system (section 4) and suggests the framework of parental participation system based on the right and responsibility of parents, paying attention to the principle on the distinction between externa and interna of school administration.
