2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Introduction of the American Consumer Group Model to Six Countries' Consumer Movements
| Project/Area Number |
25380146
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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 |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Ibaraki University |
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Principal Investigator |
Inoue Takuya 茨城大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70291284)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 消費者団体 / 消費者運動 / 消費者政策 / 利益団体 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this research is to examine how the American model of consumer group based on the U.S. Consumers Union has been introduced to the consumer movements in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Japan.
The development of the model in these six countries varied. Powerful consumer groups based on this model were formed in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium, but were not in Germany and Japan. In the UK and Belgium, these consumer groups has been successfully independent from the governments like the original model. But the Italian consumer group has not been successful. In France, in addition to the consumer group, the government agency based on this model was also established.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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