著者
馬渡 剛
出版者
茨城大学人文学部
雑誌
茨城大学人文学部紀要. 社会科学論集 (ISSN:13440160)
巻号頁・発行日
no.61, pp.103-123, 2016-02

本論は、都道府県議会における特別委員会の設置状況から地域の政策課題について俯瞰するとともに、歴史的な変遷について明らかにするものである。特別委員会は、常任委員会の所管に属さない特定の案件や幾つかの常任委員会をまたぐ案件、早急な対応が必要な事件に応じて設置されている。またアドホックに設置される特別委員会は、各議会でほぼ画一的な所管で常設されている常任委員会と異なり、臨機応変な設置が可能であり、地域の政策課題を把握する指標となりうる。
著者
東 佳史 アズマ ヨシフミ AZUMA Yoshifumi
出版者
茨城大学人文学部
雑誌
人文コミュニケーション学科論集 (ISSN:1881087X)
巻号頁・発行日
no.9, pp.1-12, 2010-09

As Azuma (2008) found in the case of electoral assistance in Afghanistan, theinternational community failed to establish sustainable government by introducingtoo quickly western value-based democratic elections. This was due mainly to timeconstraints as well as the US Bush administration's intervention. This study examinesempirical cases of electoral assistance in LDCs, with a particularly focus on East Timor.To date many electoral studies have been undertaken that focus on voter behaviour aswell as party politics. However, using statistical data, such as the total vote, voting agepopulation, voters' registration and invalid votes, a comprehensive analysis of electoralassistance, which is a rarity, has been carried out. Electoral support by the UN, as partof its development assistance, is becoming both more topical as well as crucial andin the development studies field. Since the UN's Namibia mission in 1989 electoralassistance has expanded rapidly in terms of its budget and breadth of its mission. Thisstudy examines six cases of electoral assistance in East Timor, as case studies in PostConflict society. However, such efforts may be offset by an environment of pre-maturedemocratization, including a lack of economic development, effective governance andcivil society backed by a long history of democratic development. This study revealsthat electoral assistance only, without other comprehensive development assistance,will bring about a disastrous outcome, as has been the case in East Timor. It is atypical failed state resulting from the lack of ability of East Timorese themselves aswell as the absence of long term assistance from the international community.