A History of Conditions to Support Community Sport in Post-war Japan:

Special Reference to the Staff in Local Government

Abstract

　Establishment of staff for promotion of community sport is an important element to guarantee sport as human rights. However, it is a serious problem that the provisions for staff have not been incorporated into the Basic Act on Sport. Furthermore, to consider the role of the staff historically and systematically has been scarcely discussed in research of sport studies.
　Based on an awareness of the issues, the aim of this paper is, firstly, to verify sport policy documents of the Ministry of Education. From the verification of documents, it was revealed that importance of staff for promotion of community sport has been repeatedly pointed out in the documents. But legal provisions of staff do not exist until now. Secondly, to verify the case of sport practice at local government, and also to consider the work of staff that have been raised by a group discussion based on the cooperation of staffs. The object of consideration is a case of adoption of professional staff in local government after 1970s and a case of expansion of community sport caused by the efforts of staff. Through this consideration, the significance and role of staff in local government was revealed.
　Finally, public official is under severe circumstances, reduction of regular staff, but it is required to revalidate the sport practice in community since the 1970s and to clarify the importance of staff again to solve the issue.