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On the Concept of Shrinking Community
2011 Volume 23 Pages 5-17
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2011 Volume 23 Pages 5-17
Japanese society begins shrinking as far as the population is concerned from 2004. In this situation, the population of most community and local society also begins shrinking.
What will shrinking of the population in community cause to its community? We have to explore this problem and propose how to establish its policy. About the influence of shrinking of the population in community, there are two opposite opinions. Takegawa asserts that the process of shrinking of the population already began past 20 years ago and that there is no new social phenomenon which we should study. But I insist opposite opinion that recent shrinking of the population brings fundamental community change. We can find such community change in the community structure and the principle on which community is base. Through explication of the change of the community structure and its principle, we could propose its public policy.
