Co-Governance by local government and civil society groups in Japan :
By: TAKAO, Yasuo
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ArticlePublisher: Hong Kong : Department of Politics and Public Administration of Hong Kong, December 2006The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 28, 2, p. 171-199Abstract: The significant rise of distrust in public institutions is a disturbing trend in advanced democracies. There are two emerging world-wide patterns of government reform to address this: promoting greater equity and producing an economically efficient government. But equity and efficiency are often considered as a trade off against each other. By exploring the experience of Japan, This article argues that local governments can make considerable progress towards democratic benefits-oriented partnership models of conciliation with economic efficiency by engaging civil society groups in co-governing partnership arrangement and, as suc, positively contribute to building social capital and trust
The significant rise of distrust in public institutions is a disturbing trend in advanced democracies. There are two emerging world-wide patterns of government reform to address this: promoting greater equity and producing an economically efficient government. But equity and efficiency are often considered as a trade off against each other. By exploring the experience of Japan, This article argues that local governments can make considerable progress towards democratic benefits-oriented partnership models of conciliation with economic efficiency by engaging civil society groups in co-governing partnership arrangement and, as suc, positively contribute to building social capital and trust
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