Japanese government based on the New Liberalism has encouraged privatisation of non-profit business and initiated attack on agricultural co-operatives in recent years. This paper discusses the relationship between co-operative movement and government historically and theoretically. Agricultural co-ops had been under the strong support by government in 20th century whereas Consumer co-ops under the hard pressure by the authorities. In 21st century a big hug of government has changed to a kiss of death for JA group. We will propose the sustainable development of community by establishing multi-stakeholder co-operatives among consumers and farmers as the alternative for state-led or commercial agriculture.

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The purpose of this study is about what kind of implications social cooperatives provide in the practice of community welfare. Based on the history and experience of the cooperative movement in Won-ju, I would like to investigate the network between social economic organizations and the efforts of social cooperatives with social service provision types. While searching for a new paradigm of community welfare practice based on networks and cooperation, community welfare in which social cooperatives are involved can be said to be a new model of community welfare that can meet the needs of communities through social cooperation.

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