RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER

As generally known, Japanese society has experienced a big change not only economical but also socially since the second half of the 20th century, particularly since the 1950s. Due to urbanization in the 1960s, the younger population started to move to urban areas that caused the depopulation phenom...

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Autor principal:	Tolga ÖZŞEN
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Publicado:	Fırat University 2019
Materias:	japanese rural rural revitalization sustainability japan japanese modernization Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:46699d71b3c14fa7a57be439cf275ea12021-11-24T09:20:59ZRECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER2148-416310.9761/JASSS2250https://doaj.org/article/46699d71b3c14fa7a57be439cf275ea12019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=286220764_20-Yrd.%20Do%C3%A7.%20Dr.%20%C3%96ZSEN%20Tolga-yay%C4%B1n.pdf&key=27068https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163As generally known, Japanese society has experienced a big change not only economical but also socially since the second half of the 20th century, particularly since the 1950s. Due to urbanization in the 1960s, the younger population started to move to urban areas that caused the depopulation phenomenon (Kasoka) in rural areas and Japanese rural community has started to lose its functions for maintaining daily life and agricultural productivity since then. By the late 1970s, the decreasing rural population coupled with the sustainability of daily life and farming became one of the most serious issues in rural Japan. Since 80`s, many kinds of social policies, development programs and projects which made the rural society and its nature, resources and culture consumption object for urban dwellers were designed and carried out. Moreover, people such as rural women and elderly population who had vital issues and real life experiences concerning rural living were mostly handled as ghost members in rural development policies and projects until the 1990s. In 1990s, rural women and young population have started to take part in studies concerning rural issues remarkably. However, most of these studies have considered the rural women totally and not attempt to classify them in terms of sustainability issues of the daily life, agricultural production and economic development. On the other hand, the potential of the young population could have a meaning in terms of sustainability of the community only when they were permanent residents in the rural community. It is indisputable fact that most of young generation today still has a tendency to move to urban areas. However, studies show us that they have still strong socioeconomic relationship with the community, and some actual roles in terms of daily maintaining and agriculture even they have moved out. That is, it is clear that the daily life of the rural community is more dependent on these “ghost members” than it had been. Therefore, in this paper, roles and functions of rural women and the young population in the daily life and attitudes concerning the future of the community will be reconsidered. Then, both rural women and the young population will be classified in terms of sustainability of the local community. In this way, the sustainability problems of local communities are expected to be discussed in a fresh perspective to establish a new paradigm for considering the issues of these local-rural communities.Tolga ÖZŞENFırat Universityarticlejapanese ruralrural revitalizationsustainabilityjapanjapanese modernizationSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 7, Iss 25, Pp 387-410 (2019)
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description	As generally known, Japanese society has experienced a big change not only economical but also socially since the second half of the 20th century, particularly since the 1950s. Due to urbanization in the 1960s, the younger population started to move to urban areas that caused the depopulation phenomenon (Kasoka) in rural areas and Japanese rural community has started to lose its functions for maintaining daily life and agricultural productivity since then. By the late 1970s, the decreasing rural population coupled with the sustainability of daily life and farming became one of the most serious issues in rural Japan. Since 80`s, many kinds of social policies, development programs and projects which made the rural society and its nature, resources and culture consumption object for urban dwellers were designed and carried out. Moreover, people such as rural women and elderly population who had vital issues and real life experiences concerning rural living were mostly handled as ghost members in rural development policies and projects until the 1990s. In 1990s, rural women and young population have started to take part in studies concerning rural issues remarkably. However, most of these studies have considered the rural women totally and not attempt to classify them in terms of sustainability issues of the daily life, agricultural production and economic development. On the other hand, the potential of the young population could have a meaning in terms of sustainability of the community only when they were permanent residents in the rural community. It is indisputable fact that most of young generation today still has a tendency to move to urban areas. However, studies show us that they have still strong socioeconomic relationship with the community, and some actual roles in terms of daily maintaining and agriculture even they have moved out. That is, it is clear that the daily life of the rural community is more dependent on these “ghost members” than it had been. Therefore, in this paper, roles and functions of rural women and the young population in the daily life and attitudes concerning the future of the community will be reconsidered. Then, both rural women and the young population will be classified in terms of sustainability of the local community. In this way, the sustainability problems of local communities are expected to be discussed in a fresh perspective to establish a new paradigm for considering the issues of these local-rural communities.
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title	RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER
title_short	RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER
title_full	RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER
title_fullStr	RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER
title_full_unstemmed	RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER
title_sort	reconsidering community sustainability in rural japan: women and young population as an inside power
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RECONSIDERING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL JAPAN: WOMEN AND YOUNG POPULATION AS AN INSIDE POWER

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