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Vision and practice: the 1967 Robson Report on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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This article critically evaluates a 1967 consultancy report on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) by Professor William A. Robson. Robson, a pioneer of public administration science based at the London School of Economics his whole academic life, provided an in-depth analysis of the state of the Japanese capital during its high-speed growth spurt and at the beginning of the socialist Minobe prefectural administration. While many of Robson's assessments and criticisms were poignant, his report failed to appreciate contextual intricacies as well as Tokyo's distinctive path of urban development. A re-reading of the report with this in mind expands our understanding of the Japanese capital's postwar history more than 50 years after the report's publication. Its critical assessment also contributes to our understanding of how urban knowledge ‘travels’ across geographies.

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  • Benjamin Bansal, 2024. "Vision and practice: the 1967 Robson Report on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government," Planning Perspectives, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(4), pages 881-901, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rppexx:v:39:y:2024:i:4:p:881-901
    DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2023.2241434
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