Transformation of Development and Local Politics in Amami Islands

2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 10620072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAI Kazuomi Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economics, and the Humanities, Professor, 法文学部, 教授 (00199027)
• Project Period (FY): 1998 – 2001
• Keywords: Aami Islands / development / local politics

Research Abstract

I have investigated about history of Amami Islands, and made data base of political events in the area since last year. Also, I began studying of Amami Reversion Movement. A reason that I began this study is that development and local politics in Amami after 1953 have depended upon the matter of reversion to Japan in 1953. In this study I have read archives about Amami Reversion Movement, so I defined the identity of Amami islands after 1953. I reported part of this study at the Japanese Political Science Association in October 2002.
Research and study that this Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research has been used, could collect basic data and define the outline of relation between development and local politics in Amami Islands. Further, I have studied about methodology and comparative studies. I have prepared a book that investigates the history of Amami Islands , and this book will be published next year when Amami will have the 50th anniversary of Reversion.