2022年1月
Open the Public Space
Direct Democracy Practices at the Local Level
- 開始ページ
- 191
- 終了ページ
- 201
- 記述言語
- 掲載種別
- 論文集(書籍)内論文
- DOI
- 10.4018/978-1-7998-7304-4.ch010
- 出版者・発行元
- IGI Global
This chapter shows the characters and problems of local democracy through analyzing local referendums in Japan. The author starts the discussion by posing three questions: (1) Why is the number of local referendums increasing? (2) Is the dialogue between citizens and local councilors efficient? (3) Can transformations in local democracy be observed? This chapter regards the history of local referendums as a lesson of democracy and reveals the necessity of dialogue through campaigns of local referendums. It comprises three parts: (1) the history of local referendums in Japan, (2) a theoretical background on local referendums and representative democracy, and (3) the analysis of a local referendum in the city of Matue in Shimane Prefecture.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.4018/978-1-7998-7304-4.ch010
- ISSN : 2475-6644
- eISSN : 2475-6652