This research extracts the inclination on the whole which appeared in each approaching method through examining and evaluating the main approaching methods concerning an intergovernmental-relations theory of Japan, and examines the deviation exerted o...
This research extracts the inclination on the whole which appeared in each approaching method through examining and evaluating the main approaching methods concerning an intergovernmental-relations theory of Japan, and examines the deviation exerted on recognition of the intergovernmental-relations structure of Japan. First, the intergovernmental -relations theory of Japan grasps simultaneously the perpendicular relation and horizontal relation structure between each government unit. Moreover, it has the meaning which it considers intergovernmental relations not only as an administrative relation, but as a political relation. Second, the intergovernmental-relations theory of Japan is mainly recognizing and evaluating the fusion and relations of interdependence between perpendicular government units with the axis of centralization and decentralization of authority. Third, the deviation of the intergovernmental-relations theory of Japan is reflecting the intention of democratization of government structure of Japan, and decentralization. And such deviation is projected as it is also onto many approaches in the problems of the area which contains spatial arrangement of the government system, and its reorganization.