2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Coal Mine and the Community during the Last Phase of the Coal Industry: The Life Course of the Final Colliery in Japan
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24530674
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAWAGUCHI Keiichi 大正大学, 人間学部, 教授 (50338597)
YAMAMOTO Kahoruko 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (70335777)
SHIMANISHI Tomoki 香川大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70434206)
SUDO Naoko 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 助手 (10732688)
MORIHISA Satoshi 京都女子大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (20736649)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
NISHIKIDO Makoto 法政大学, 人間環境学部, 教授 (00333584)
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| Research Collaborator |
ISHIKAWA Takaori
SATO Fukio
TAKAGI Mami
SHIMIZU Taku
KASAHARA Ryota
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 太平洋炭鉱 / 閉山 / 石炭産業 / 離職者対策 / 再就職過程 / 釧路地域の動態 / 経営史 / 採炭の機械化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study explains the dynamic pathways of the final colliery, Taiheiyo Coal Co. Ltd., and the local community of Kushiro city. It refers specifically to the micro and macro contexts involved the company’s management history, the mechanization of mining, the community’s history, the government’s coal policy and the economic circumstances. The findings of this study show that the Japanese coal industry is going through a period of transformation from the modern style mining industry to industries based on energy and resources. According to this transformation, the only miners remaining in Japan are facing major turning points in their employment structure and career. This study will further develop into a complementary study which contains a comparison of Taiheiyo with other coal fields and the elaboration of the transformation of the coal industry.
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| Free Research Field |
社会学
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