Overview

Program Details

In each of these areas, major topics of immediate relevance to contemporary world issues - including decentralization, “good enough governance,” citizen participation, sustainable development, economic development cooperation, regional development, and poverty reduction are discussed in a wide range of courses offered by our faculty members.

Community Planning and Management at Meiji University is the field of practice where governance comes most closely in contact with people's lives. Community Planning and Management area is organized around the process of making, implementing, and evaluating policies for resolving global issues from local perspectives.  It also focuses on crisis management and the role of the community in responding to natural disasters and terrorism, which have been increasing in recent years.