2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Regional Cooperativeness and Public Sphere in Townscape Preservation Campaigns:A Comparative Sociological Study in Japan and Taiwan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23730486
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Takasaki City University of Economics
Principal Investigator	ISHII Kiyoteru 高崎経済大学, 地域政策学部, 准教授 (30555206)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	街並み保存活動 / 共同性 / 公共性
Research Abstract	The findings of the study show the following: (1) it remains an important challenge in a case study on public movement and local development to clarify awareness of various actors playing roles in the activities, the quality of their cooperativeness, and the team formation process, (2) the daily networking in regional communities and the norms of reciprocity and reliability that develop through community events play an important role as a basis for encouraging the development of various community activities, and (3) new cooperativeness and public sphere are now developing in Taiwan through townscape preservation campaigns.