International comparative research about infrastructure organisations of WISEs in UK and Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03881
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Atsushi 立教大学, コミュニティ福祉学部, 教授 (60292190)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 原田 晃樹 立教大学, コミュニティ福祉学部, 教授 (20340416) ; 柳沢 敏勝 明治大学, 商学部, 専任教授 (30139456) ; 松井 真理子 四日市大学, 総合政策学部, 教授 (30340409)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的企業 / 社会的連帯経済 / 中間支援組織

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Today work integration social enterprises(WISEs) are exposed to severe environments such as the reduction of public money and much competition in the market. Under these conditions, it is very important for the development of WISEs to create “solidarity economy” based on civil society. Infrastructure organisations play important roles creating solidarity economy. This research tried to reveal the functions and skills of infrastructure organisations in UK and Japan.In the result, we recognized strong advocacy and human development functions of co-operative federations and issue-specific infrastructure organisations.In addition we understood that there are organically connected infrastructure functions including management support, human development and fund-raising in UK co-operative federations.

Free Research Field

NPO論、社会的企業論