2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Political awareness of citizen and the structure of community in Japan.
| Project/Area Number |
16530090
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Aichigakusen University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIFUNE Tsuyoshi Aichigakusen University, a departaiient of community and policy, associate professor, コミュニティ政策学部, 助教授 (00308800)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | Political Participation / Social Capital / Voting Behavior / Political Culture |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of the structure of community on the Japanese voter. I investigated Japanese in Aichi Prefecture in 2005. This study has three points.
First, I studied that the citizen participated in voluntary sector, and the structure of voluntary sector in Japan. The following result was obtained many resemblances between voluntary sector and civil movement.
Secondly, I analyzed the structure of japanses political participation with Partial Order Scale gram Analysis. The following result was obtained 4th-demensional structure of political participation modes. And, this structure has stood for deepening process of individual political participation.
Thirdly, I studied the cost of voting. The following result was obtained social capital reducing the cost of voting.
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