The Comparateive, Theoretical, and Practical Study of Local Government Charters : From the Historical Expeciences of Okinawa's Local Autonomy to its Future

这项研究的题目是《地方政府章程的比较、理论与实践研究：从冲绳地方自治的历史特例到未来》，自2002年4月起在琉球大学开展。这项研究的研讨会邀请了来自日本本土的四位著名学者：日本政治学协会会长龟尾敏夫教授、ICU西雄教授、平成大学的松下敬一教授、庆应义乌大学经济学院的金EC正教授、早稻田大学冈间公共管理学院的北川正治教授。这是一个非常富有成果的机会，以促进对日本地方政府新时代的治理的理解。总体而言，这项联合研究被证明是如组织者所能想象的那样成功。不仅来自冲绳的学者和公民进行了热烈的讨论，而且在与冲绳有共同问题和挑战的其他地区也进行了热烈的讨论，有助于了解地方政府宪章的未来。当前的体制改革给我们带来的挑战，部分是地方政府体系建设的未竟事业。日本尚未建立新的治理体系，这种不确定性影响到这项联合研究揭示的治理的各个阶段。

This joint research was named "The Comparateive, Theoretical, and Practical Study of Local Government Charters : From the Historical Expeciences of Okinawa's Local Autonomy to its Future", which has been conducted at the University of Ryukyus since April,2002.The workshop of this research invited four distinguished scholars from Japanese main land : Prof.Toshio Kamo, Head of the Japanese Political Science Association, Prof.Masaru Nishio of ICU, Prof.Keiichi Matsushita of Hosei University, Prof Masaru Kaneco of Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Prof.Masayasu Kitagawa of the Okuma School of Public Management, Waseda University.With this diverse group of scholars from various areas and backgrounds, it was a very fruitful occasion to advance the understanding of governance in the new era of Japanese local governance.Overall this joint research turned out to be as successful as the organizers could have imagined. Lively discussions among scholars and citizens from not only Okinawa but also other regions that share the common problems and challenges of Okinawa facilitated the understanding the future of Regional and local government charter.The challenge that the current structural reform presents to us is partially the unfinished business of the building of regional and local government system. Japan has not yet established a new system of governance and this uncertainty affects the various stages of governance that this joint research has revealed.