The methodology of community development to empower communities to solve 'difficult cases' with tools of social capital and key competency

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330171
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Tsuda Eiji 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (30314454)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 太田 和宏 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (00273748) ; 松岡 広路 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (10283847) ; 伊藤 篤 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (20223133) ; 横須賀 俊司 県立広島大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (60304193) ; 田中 真理 九州大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 教授 (70274412) ; 赤木 和重 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (70402675) ; 西村 いづみ 県立広島大学, 保健福祉学部, 講師 (90405522)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: インフォーマルな相互支援 / コミュニティエンパワメント / 社会関係 / 能力 / 貧困 / ボランティア / 障害 / 社会教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1.The relations among the concepts of 'difficult cases', 'social capital' and 'key competency' were discussed and clarified. 2.With understing that community empowerment as well as individual empowerment is essential to the 'difficult cases' which are not solved by institutional support, the conditions of community empowerment were clarified in relation with social capital. 3.Community empowerment of specific 'difficult cases' was discussed. Specific cases were found in the field of dizaster stricken areaa, disability communities, communities in poverty in developing countries, learning communities in schools, distinguishing rural communities, child care communities and so on. 4. the methodology of community empowerment which makes the community produce social capital and key competency wass discussed and the effect of community empowerment was verified.

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