2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the social structure and political culture of local communities
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10301011
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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| Research Institution | BUKKYO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
AOKI Yasuhiro Bukkyo University, Department of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (40104616)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOHSAKA Kenji Kansei Gakuin University, Dept. of Sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (60027977)
TAMURA Masao Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Dept. of Human Relations, Associate Professor, 人間関係学部, 助教授 (40247606)
NAKAMICHI Minoru Graduate School of Nara Women University, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40067690)
KOBAYASHI Hisataka Shimane University, Dept. of Law and Literature, Associate Professor, 法文学部, 助教授 (30215355)
UKAI Kozo Kohnan University, Dept. of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00203498)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2001
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| Keywords | local government / policy-making process / political culture / local politician / occupational ethos / local assembly / local administration / local politics |
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| Research Abstract |
The objective of this research is to probe changes in the social structure and political culture of local communities after ten years. In 1989 we did survey researches on local politicians and its constituent using questionnaires. This time a newly-tried survey on local public servants is added.
Some of the findings from the research are as follows:
1. There still exists a disparity between prefecture level politicians and small city level politicians in terms of their socio-economic and educational background.
2. The electoral method referred to as "Chiku-suisen", which means only one candidate is allowed in one electoral district, has almost disappeared.
3. In every level of elections there is a growing number of the people who do not have political parties they strongly support.
4. The lack of knowledge and expertise regarding policy-making ability can be seen more among lower level officials than higher level ones, particularly in large local governmental bodies. There can be seen interests and expectations toward NPO in almost every local government officials.
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