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Ethnic Network Utilized By Japanese Immigrant Women in the US

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K03879
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionMusashi University

Principal Investigator

Nakanishi Yuko  武蔵大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90282904)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords国際移動 / 日系人 / ジェンダー / エスニック・ネットワーク / 社会関係資本(ソーシャル・キャピタル) / アメリカ / NPO / The New Immigrant Survey / 日系女性移民 / ソーシャル・キャピタル / 学歴 / エスニシティ / エスニックネットワーク / 社会関係資本 / エスニック資本
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aims to consider how the postwar female Japanese immigrants utilize their ethnic networks for their mutual support. On the basis of 1) interviews with Japanese immigrants who voluntary immigrated to SF Bay area after the Second World War and engaged in various Japanese networks created in the local area, and 2) secondary data analysis of The New Immigrant Survey, the investigator found the following results.
Japanese immigrants living in the area constructed some NPOs early in 1970s to help Japanese seniors living in the area. They also created temporal supporting groups for Japanese mothers or pregnant Japanese women most of whom are marrying across national boundaries. Just like previous studies mentioned immigrants utilize their ethnic networks for their social-economic success, this study clarified the ethnic networks also work as substitute family systems which can cover the shortage of their Japanese relatives in the US and support the well-beings of their lives.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

グローバル化する現代社会において、人々の国際移住を学術研究の対象にする社会的意義はますます高まっている。中でも日本からの国外移住は戦後、女性を主流に進行しているものの、この点に着目した研究や、現地においてどのようなネットワークを形成しているかを明らかにした社会学的研究は数少ない。
本研究は、国際移住者が移住先で形成するエスニックなネットワークを、昨今、社会科学領域で着目が集まる「社会関係資本(ソーシャル・キャピタル)」の概念を導入することで、古典的に着目されてきた経済的相互支援とは異なる形で、相互扶助ネットワークを移住女性たちが構築してきたことを、新たに明らかにすることができた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] アメリカ移住日本人女性たちの現状とジェンダー/エスニシティ構造2018

    • Author(s)
      中西祐子
    • Journal Title

      武蔵大学総合研究所紀要

      Volume: 27 Pages: 39-47

    • NAID

      40021681195

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] アメリカ移住日本人女性たちが活用するエスニックな互助的社会関係資本―疑似的家族関係として機能する社会的ネットワーク―2016

    • Author(s)
      中西祐子
    • Journal Title

      ソシオロジスト

      Volume: 18 Pages: 1-18

    • NAID

      40020772348

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Gender Structure Which Causes Immigration: Postwar Immigrant Japanese Women and Gender Discrimination in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Nakanishi
    • Organizer
      The 114th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 国境を超えた職業達成に対する新規獲得学歴の効果―アメリカThe New Immigrant Survey(NIS)と戦後移住者インタビューの分析から―2018

    • Author(s)
      中西祐子
    • Organizer
      日本社会学会 第91回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「ライフスタイル移住」に関するジェンダー論的考察―戦後アメリカに移住した日本人女性たちへのライフヒストリーインタビューをもとに―2017

    • Author(s)
      中西祐子
    • Organizer
      日本社会学会第90回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ethnic Ties Stronger Than Family Ties: Ethnic Network Utilized By Japanese Immigrant Women in the US.2016

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Nakanishi
    • Organizer
      3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, International Sociological Association (RC31 Sociology of Migration)
    • Place of Presentation
      Vienna, Austria
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ethnic Ties Stronger than Family Ties: Ethnic Social Capital Utilized by Japanese Immigrant Women.2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Nakanishi
    • Organizer
      110th Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association (Oral Presentation)
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, Illinois, USA.
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 『平等の教育社会学』2019

    • Author(s)
      耳塚 寛明・中西 祐子・上田 智子
    • Total Pages
      212
    • Publisher
      勁草書房
    • ISBN
      9784326251339
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 子育て世代のソーシャル・キャピタル2018

    • Author(s)
      石川由香里・杉原名穂子・喜多加実代・中西祐子
    • Total Pages
      211
    • Publisher
      有信堂高文社
    • ISBN
      9784842065922
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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