Abstract
Changing process of village community seems to consist of four phases. Discrimination of each phase mainly depends on the degree of separation between self-governing organization and organization for agricultural production.
Through on and after economic high growth era, the impact of industrialization caused depopulation, increase of part time farmers and mixed residence of farmers and non-farmers in village community. As a result of these, organization for agricultural production began to separate from self-governing organization, and integration of village community decreased.
Phase 1 is the starting point of the changing process, where two organizations were integrated. In phase 2 , separation arose and extended. In phase 3 , reorganization of village community become an important subject. In phase 4 , organization of rural community containing several village communities will be expected.
