International Comparative Research on Labor, Housing, and Homelessness in Global Cities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330145
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University (2013-2014); Hirosaki University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Keiko 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40344585)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): GOTO Hiroshi 日本大学, 文理学部, 准教授 (60553782) ; KITAGAWA Yukihiko 放送大学, 教養学部, 准教授 (00601840) ; KOIKE Takao 専修大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40404826) ; MATSUMOTO Ichiro 大正大学, 人間学部, 専任講師 (30459961) ; MURAKAMI Eigo 日本大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (30366637) ; SHIRAHASE Tatsuya 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 助教 (40612924) ; AOKI Hideo 特定非営利活動法人社会理論, 動態研究所, 所長 (50079266) ; YOSHIDA Mai 特定非営利活動法人社会理論, 動態研究所, 研究員 (50601902)
• Research Collaborator: JOHANNES Kiener 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科人間行動学専攻地理学分野 ; TOMINAGA Tetsuo 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科人間行動学専攻地理学分野 ; WATANABE Takuya 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科都市文化研究センター, 研究員 ; MARR matthew D. Florida International University, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies, Assistant Professor of Sociology ; ANGEE Alejandro Miami Dade College, Social Sciences Department, Assistant Professor of Sociology ; MAHAR karen M. Camillus House, Vice President of Vice President of ; SEVERE Letania Paulina ; CABREDO frederico L. Kanlungan sa Er-Ma Ministry Inc., Social worker ; LAGMAN John F. PAKISAMA, Knowledge Management, Officer
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ホームレス / 貧困 / 都市 / グローバリゼーション / 国際比較 / 犯罪化 / 社会的排除 / 空間管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project is to study labor and residential experiences of homelessness in four global cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Miami and Manila) using comparative research. It aims to extract the commonalities and differences in homelessness while interpreting them using theories about global cities. The project aims to make clear the process by which globalization contributes to the relegation of homelessness to the bottom of urban society and thus contribute to studies on cities and class. The primary data collection is intensive interviews of 25 persons living in public spaces, shelters, and welfare facilities in each city. Our findings show varied impacts of multiple process of globalization on cities, thus producing various patterns of homelessness.

Free Research Field

都市社会学