Comparative Sociological Study of Life-Security Organisations in Rural Communities in East Asia: Cases of Japan and Bali

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03868
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Senshu University
• Principal Investigator: NAGANO Yukiko 専修大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (30237549)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 農村社会学 / インドネシア / バリ島 / 家族 / 末子相続 / 村落 / 親族 / 東北地方

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is a comparative sociological study of family and social organisations in rural communities in Japan and Bali, Indonesia. The results of this study reveal numerous similarities between the rural families and social organisations of Northeast and Southeast Asia, effectively forming an‘ East Asian’ perspective. However, in terms of life-security organisations, succession to Kasan (the family property), Kagyo (the family business), and Kamei (the family name) by a single heir is unusual in ‘East Asia’; inheritance in the region is typically divided.

Free Research Field

社会学