Legal Research of the reform(Modernisierung) of Administration in Germany

本研究的目的有二，一是为日本政治改革的施政讨论提供一些有用的想法，二是厘清“民主改革”一词的确切含义。“也就是说，本研究的目的是为了说明体现在”Moonsierung“一词中的行政改革与体现在”新公共管理NPM“一词中的行政改革的不同之处。在这样做的时候，讨论预计将确定如何有用的理论是'Moonsierung。“为了最大限度地发挥研究成果，德国备受尊敬的行政法研究员Pitschas教授（施派尔大学）应邀加入了该小组。《现代性》一书的日文翻译工作与阐明《现代性》所体现的德国改革目标和成就的工作是同时进行的。

The purpose of this research were two, one was aimed to obtain some useful ideas for the discussion on administrating the political reform in Japan and the other is to clarify what the exact meanings of the term "Modemisierung." In other words, this research was planned to explain how the administrative reform embodied in the term 'Modemisierung' is different from that embodied in the term New Public Management NPM, the English term that is also heavily used in the affairs and studies of business administration in these days. In doing so, the discussion was expected to ascertain how useful is the theory of 'Modemisierung.' In order to maximize the research result, Professor Pitschas(Speyer Veraltugshochschule) a well-respected administrative law researcher in Germany, was invited to join the group. The work to translate-his book into Japanese and the other work to clarify the goals and achievements of German reform that was embodied in "Modernisierung" were conducted simultaneously.