ABSTRACT

In this volume, a group of international scholars address issues relating to community wellbeing and the role of politics, law and economics in Europe and Japan in achieving human-centred symbiotic governance. Case-studies and suggestions for reform are presented in the arenas of economy, government administration, management, university governance, health, agriculture, the environment and urban planning.
This book will prove a useful tool to those in business research institutes, members of administrative research institutes, NGO's and non-profit organizaions while also providing students of business, Asian studies, politics and law with an insight into possible areas of reform.

part |22 pages

Part I Interdisciplinary research into community well-being and university governance

chapter |5 pages

1 University governance

chapter |15 pages

2 Governance and finance in higher education

Making German universities more autonomous

part |30 pages

Part II Concept of community well-being and its implementation

chapter |16 pages

3 Traumatic outcomes

The mental health and psychosocial effects of mass violence

part |76 pages

Part III The role of politics, law and economics in community well-being

chapter |18 pages

5 Synergistic-role responses to public-sphere issues and governance

Partnerships among citizens, private enterprises and government administration

chapter |8 pages

6 On the evolution of new rules

The case of environmental policies — a comment on Katsumi Yorimoto's paper ‘Building a Society of “Synergistic Roles” and Governance'

chapter |23 pages

7 A practical model of community well-being

A case study of new public management in Japan

chapter |3 pages

8 NPM and a research project on symbiosis

Comments on Sadao Tamura's ‘A practical model of community well-being: A case study of new public management in Japan'

chapter |12 pages

10 Relationships within a university

From the viewpoint of management science

part |44 pages

Part IV Symbiotic aspects of governance

chapter |21 pages

12 A study on the roles of citizen groups in German urban planning

Case study of registered associations for transportation and environmental issues

chapter |3 pages

13 Closing remarks