2004 Volume 67 Issue 5 Pages 753-758
The purpose of this paper is to define the charasteristic of women`s activity and the gender hierarchy in alternative movement process, on the case of the artery projects in Nishisuma district in Kobe City after Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The investigation are the process of 10 groups` activities, the characteristic of "Housewives Group" and the members` evaluation of their activities. The followings are made clear out of the study. 1: "Housewives Group" built social capital and community participation. 2: They practice based on their life style, which is related with gender role assignment. And they committed many people who had the barriers to participate with community activities as they were. 3: They recognize that they must keep on community organization in their movement. But they feel the barriers due to gender hierarchy in community. Otherside, they evaluate their new role in community, which is different from gender hierarchy, and this role offers them the motivation for their activity.
