2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Social Network Approach to Food Activism as Collective Action
Project/Area Number |
23530635
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Sociology
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Research Institution | Konan University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HONGO Masatake 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (40451497)
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Research Collaborator |
MIYATA Naoko 同志社大学, 同志社大学高等教育・学生研究センター, 特別研究員
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Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | 社会運動 / 社会ネットワーク / スローフード |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this research study was to investigate relationship between the organizational characteristics of social movement organizations and their social networks in the field of lifestyle movement, which actively promote way of life as their primary means to foster social change. This research approached from both theoretical and empirical studies. In theoretical studies, theoretical frame was structured by integrating the findings of studies of social movements and social networks. In empirical studies, the process and mechanism on the social movement participation and effects of social networks as selective incentives were found out by quantitative and qualitative research for participants to slow food movement in Japan.
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Free Research Field |
社会学、パーソナル・ネットワーク研究
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