Government Policy and the Disintegration of Village Community Life and Individual Identity in Urbanising Japan
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In this chapter the author tries to assess the implications for society in Japan brought about by the continuing demographic shift from a rural to an urban society, resulting in changes to its communities' environment and social practices. While the decline in a population's economic effects are well-known, the social effects of the flight from the provincial villages, and what this means for society in its cultural, social, and environmental consequences, has been less explored. Particularly in the sphere of identity, the author contends that this phenomenon should be treated as a disintegration that brings unseen consequences rather than a shift, and that government policy is exacerbating the risks rather than alleviating them.
2020 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 64-73
2018 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 133-139
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2019 ◽
Vol 20
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pp. 63-73
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2021 ◽
pp. 002071522098808
1973 ◽
Vol 6
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pp. 661-664
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