• Kitamura Wataru

    Associate professor at Osaka University Graduate School. Born in 1970. Specializes in political science, particularly issues related to the relationship between central and local government and local autonomy. Earned his doctorate in 1998 from Kyoto University. After stints as an associate professor at Kōnan University and Osaka City University Graduate School, he assumed his current post in 2009. His main research interests lie in central-local governmental relations and budgetary politics. His publications include Chihō zaisei no gyōsei gakuteki bunseki (The Politics of Local Government Finances) and Tekisutobukku chihō jichi (A Textbook on Local Government).

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    May 21, 2013