Comparative Research on Factors of Natural Energy Consciousness in Japan and Germany

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380684
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: HOSAKA Minoru 長崎大学, 水産・環境科学総合研究科(環境), 教授 (80448498)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 自然エネルギー村 / 価値的保守 / 持続可能性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The theory of‘Risk Society' and‘New Social Movements' are used in analyzing the antinuclear power movement in Germany thus far. But these theories are not always used in considering renewable energy village. In this research, I interviewed with mayors and leaders of renewable energy villages in Baden Wuerttemberg and Bavaria. Then it becomes clear that the viewpoint of‘Die Wertkonservative' (the value-conservatism) is effective in considering these villages. And it can be said that‘Die Wertkonservative' sometimes has the Christianity meaning.

Free Research Field

環境社会学