RESEARCH ON THE SOCIAL CHANGE AND REGIONAL CULTUBE IN 'JIBA-INDUSTRY' AREAS (NATIVE COMPANY TOWNS ORIGINATED IN SOME LOCAL INDUSTRIES).

Research Project

Project/Area Number	59410006
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research Institution	MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	ICHIRO YAMANAKA PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY., 社会学部, 教授 (30062110)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MIZUTANI HISAO LECTURER,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY., 社会学部, 専任講師 (90157503) KATO YUHJI PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY., 社会学部, 教授 (10120875) MIWA OSAMU PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVESITY., 社会学部, 教授 (20062094) OHHASHI KAORU PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY., 社会学部, 教授 (90062067) HARADA KATSUHIRO PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY. MEIJIGAKUIN UNIVERSITY., 社会学部, 教授 (40062153)
Project Period (FY)	1984 – 1985
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1985)
Budget Amount *help	¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000) Fiscal Year 1985: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000) Fiscal Year 1984: ¥5,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000)
Keywords	JIBA-INDUSTRY TOWN / SOCIAL CHANGE / LOCAL CULTURE / コミュンティ形式 / 地場産業 / 社会的ネットワーク / 中小零細企業 / 構造不況地域
Research Abstract	WE INVESTIGATED ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES OF CHANGING ASPECTS IN THE SO-CALLED 'JIBA-INDUSTRY ' TOWNS WHERE HAS HISTORICALY ORIGINATED IN SOME NATIVE LOCALITY INDUSTRIES; ONE OF OUR MAIN FIELDS IS TANGO AREA LOCATED IN THE TANGO PENINSULA OF KYOTO-HU WHERE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS A WELL-KNOWNED 'CHIRIMEN-TEXTILE INDUSTRY AREA' BY TRADITIONAL AND NATIVE WORKING SYSTEM, AND THE OTHER IS SANJO-SHI LOCATED IN THE NIIGATA PREFECTURE WHERE HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED AS A TRADITIONAL 'HARDWARE INDUSTRY TOWN' . OUR THEME FOCUSSED ON SOCIAL CHANGE FOLLOWED BY THE ECONOMIC FLUCTUATION RESULTING FROM OIL-CRISIS AND OTHER EFFECTS TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PEOPLES LIFE IN THESE SMALL LOCAL COMPANY TOWNS. MAIN ISSUES IN OUR RESEARCH REPORT ARE AS FOLLOWED; (1) LIVING CONDITIONS AND WELFARE CONSCIOUSNESS OF WORKING PEOPLE. (2) CHARACTERS AND CHANGING TRENDS OF THE CULTURAL AND RILIGIOUS GROUPS ORIGINATED IN THESE AREAS. (3) WORKING CONDITIONS AND THEIR SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS,PERSPECTIVES,COMMUNITY ATTACHMENT OF TOWNERS IN THEIR EACH STRATIFIED SITUATIONS.