A Study on the History of the Comprehensive National Development Plans from a Viewpoint of the Social Backgrounds

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the transition of the Comprehensive National Development Plans which were formulated four times after World War II in Japan. The planners of these national plans were coping with the social questions, especially, how to achieve the goal what the people expected the administration for their'better quality of life. The planners in those days also should have taken into account the prevailing theories in foreign countries.
In this paper, I try to make clear what basic thought was in each plan, and then, advocate the existence of a cycle of the ideas in the planning history.