2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of the formative process of residents' intention toward the realization of a democratic public library administration
Project/Area Number |
26330371
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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 |
Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
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Research Institution | Senshu University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 公共図書館 / 熟議民主主義 / 住民参加 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
For this study, a literature review and interview survey targeting voluntarily organized resident groups in the public library movement were conducted to explore residents' involvement in library administration governance. Results of the analysis of viewpoints derived from the political science theory of deliberative democracy show that resident groups in the public library movement largely consist of residents who do not belong to any specific interest group and who, unlike the general population, possess a participatory consciousness and desire inclining them to pursue the public interest. These groups offer unanimous opinions, arrived at through learning activities and communication processes, to administrative systems (i.e., elected representatives and governments).
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Free Research Field |
図書館情報学
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