著者

青木 純一

出版者

日本教育政策学会

雑誌

日本教育政策学会年報 (ISSN:24241474)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, pp.40-52, 2011-07-15 (Released:2017-11-18)

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The purpose of the article is to show that the special zones for structural reform in the field of education have been unsuccessful in making good use of the local government initiatives and their distinguishing features. The information the government had disclosed intentionally, leading to poor initiatives of local governments, gave birth to a substantial number of special zones. Most of them, however, proposed fairly similar ideas without fully taking into account their defining features. Some local governments, for example, have had their incentives to provide the measures for regional revitalization and the countermeasures against declining birthrate and depopulation. It could be concluded that the government and the local governments have only exploited the zones for achieving their respective aims.