2003 Volume 3 Pages 22-33
In this paper, I would like to consider the ideal policy process style in local governments through the case study of the Water Front Development Project in Tokyo.
The local government and the assembly have the unique functions in Japan comparing other countries because both the governor and members of the assembly are directly elected by residents. The relationship between them is also complicated, which will be one of the main points in this paper.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which has the largest local bureaucracy in Japan, is especially unique among other local governments because it has the largest local bureaucracy, and the relationship between Tokyo and the Japanese central government is also complicated. For these reasons, the analysis of the policy process of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government can be regarded as the best case for considering the policy process of the local governments in Japan. and I would like to analyze it in this paper through the case study of the Water Front Development Project in Tokyo.
The Water Front Development Project. which is the last big development project in Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government played the key role in its policy process. can be understood as the really unique case from three reasons. First. the opportunity for residents to join the policy process was very limited. Second. the decision of the assembly was broken by the governor because of his change in the middle of the project implementation. Third. there was lastly the large gap between the vision and the completion of this project as the result of the first and second points.
The policy process is very complicated and it often brings unexpected results.
I would like to consider the ideal policy process style for residents.
