TY - JOUR
T1 - A Bureaucrat in every Japanese kitchen?
T2 - On Cultural Assumptions and Coproduction
AU - Ben-Ari, Eyal
PY - 1990/2
Y1 - 1990/2
N2 - This article represents an analysis of the cultural assumptions that are involved in the implementation of coproduction schemes. Through a case study of a garbage disposal scheme in a Japanese city, two interrelated themes are examined: (a) the nature of programs of coproduction as universal arrangements for the creation and delivery of urban services, and (b) the peculiar Japanese models and premises that form part of the implementation of such programs in that sociocultural context. The article also includes an examination of how the Japanese case may contribute toward an understanding of the assumptions that lie behind the introduction of coproduction arrangements in other cultural contexts.
AB - This article represents an analysis of the cultural assumptions that are involved in the implementation of coproduction schemes. Through a case study of a garbage disposal scheme in a Japanese city, two interrelated themes are examined: (a) the nature of programs of coproduction as universal arrangements for the creation and delivery of urban services, and (b) the peculiar Japanese models and premises that form part of the implementation of such programs in that sociocultural context. The article also includes an examination of how the Japanese case may contribute toward an understanding of the assumptions that lie behind the introduction of coproduction arrangements in other cultural contexts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84970354129&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/009539979002100405
DO - 10.1177/009539979002100405
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AN - SCOPUS:84970354129
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 21
SP - 472
EP - 492
JO - Administration and Society
JF - Administration and Society
IS - 4
ER -