Research on the sustainable community welfare on the basis of solidarity economy in Japanese mountainous areas

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03970
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: kitajima kenichi 立教大学, コミュニティ福祉学部, 教授 (60214798)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 岩満 賢次 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (00454893) ; 金子 勝規 大阪市立大学, 大学院創造都市研究科, 准教授 (10708085) ; 柴田 学 金城学院大学, 人間科学部, 講師 (20580666) ; 牧野 松代 関西外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80269977)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HASHIMOTO Satoru 関西大学, 社会学部, 教授 (60340650)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 連帯経済 / コミュニティビジネス / 農山村 / 地域再生 / コミュニティ / 地域福祉 / 自給

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In response to the critical situations, new local collective initiatives emerge in Japanese rural areas science ‘80s, especially in the area called “chyu-sankan-chiki” , boundary areas between flatland and mountains. Their diversity certainly corresponds to the multifaceted nature of difficulty faced by the rural communities, such as low farmer income, increase of abandoned farmland due to weakening labor force, decreasing population, aging etc. But from the perspective of solidarity economy, our research shed light rather on the actor side, social relations which have motivated the initiatives. We think that these initiatives are based on the women's self-realization desire and the resistance to the crisis of rural community, both of which are the consequence of penetration of market economy into the family farm at the expense of self-sufficiency.

Free Research Field

社会経済学の視点からの社会的・連帯経済の研究