How changes in policy-making system affect education policy in Japan?: Empirical research and its policy implications

本研究从理论和实证两方面阐明了政府体制的变化对日本教育政策的影响。这项研究的结果是：（1）教育政策和财政制度与外部教育制度有着密切的关系，受外部教育制度变迁的影响很大。(2)教师的人事随着市政当局的合并而发生变化，并影响到学校的管理。我们的研究结果表明，教育政策的变化取决于其与外部教育系统的联系强度。

Our research theoretically and empirically clarifies how changes in the governmental system affect education policy in Japan. Findings of this research are: (1) Education policy and finance system, which have close relationshipswith outside education system, is strongly affected by changes in outside education system. (2) Personnel affairs of teachers have been changed with the extent to which the municipalities are consolidated, and have affected school governance. Our findings show that the changes in education policy differ depending on the strength of its linkage with outside education system.