Research on Civil Society Formation through Community Development Practices Led by Residents in Taiwan

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23297
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Akita University (2022); Waseda University (2019-2021)
• Principal Investigator: Yamaguchi Kanae 秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 講師 (80843896)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 住民自治 / 生涯学習 / 市民社会 / 地域づくり / 台湾

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine how the actual situation of the formation of "civil society (democratic society created through resident participation)," which has become an issue in Taiwan in the 1990s after democratization, from the perspective of residents' learning and the cultivation of residents' awareness through learning. This survey focused on the community colleges, a lifelong learning institution, and the community Development Association, a residents' self-governing association. The community colleges is based on the "fun" aspect of learning, and it engages residents' thoughts and ideas, while the community Development Association has the role of undertaking administrative projects to solve local issues, and provides services to residents. In both cases, the tendency to emphasize the "objective of solving local problems" rather than "fun" was evident.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、市民社会の形成や地域づくり実践について、住民の活用がある施設と組織に着目し、人々の学習と参加という視点から検討したこと、つまり、民主化によって行われた政策の変化だけでなく、社会の担い手であることを強調されるようになった住民の意識の変容という点に着目していることに学術的意義がある。
日本でも、社会教育・生涯学習を通じた地域づくり（地域課題解決）の取り組みが課題化している。台湾を事例にすることで、今後日本との共通点や異同点を比較する素地を作ったことは社会的意義と言える。