Mutual Help Networks and Social Transformation in Japan
2013; Wiley; Volume: 72; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/ajes.12021
ISSN1536-7150
Autores Tópico(s)Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
ResumoThe American Journal of Economics and SociologyVolume 72, Issue 3 p. 531-564 Original Article Mutual Help Networks and Social Transformation in Japan Morio Onda, Morio OndaMorio Onda is Professor of Sociology at Ryutsu Keizai University, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Tokyo. He is a director of the Society of Economic Sociology and had edited the Annual of the Society of Economic Sociology. His research interests are the study of mutual help network as spontaneous order of society, and indigenous social development. His publications include Hatten no Keizaisyakaigaku (Economic Sociology of Development, Tokyo: Bunshindo, 1997), Kaihatsusyakaigaku (Development Sociology, Kyoto: Minerva Publishing, 2001), Gozyosyakairon (Mutual Help Society, Kyoto: Sekaishisousya, 2006), and Kyozyonochiikidukuri (Regional Planning Through Communal Help, Gakubunsya, 2008). Department of Sociology, Ryutsu Keizai University, Hirahata 122, 301-8555 Ryugasaki-shi, Japan. [e-mail:[email protected]] I would like to thank my faculty colleague Professor Robert B. Spenser for his helpful comments and suggestions and the referees for their insightful observations.Search for more papers by this author Morio Onda, Morio OndaMorio Onda is Professor of Sociology at Ryutsu Keizai University, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Tokyo. He is a director of the Society of Economic Sociology and had edited the Annual of the Society of Economic Sociology. His research interests are the study of mutual help network as spontaneous order of society, and indigenous social development. His publications include Hatten no Keizaisyakaigaku (Economic Sociology of Development, Tokyo: Bunshindo, 1997), Kaihatsusyakaigaku (Development Sociology, Kyoto: Minerva Publishing, 2001), Gozyosyakairon (Mutual Help Society, Kyoto: Sekaishisousya, 2006), and Kyozyonochiikidukuri (Regional Planning Through Communal Help, Gakubunsya, 2008). Department of Sociology, Ryutsu Keizai University, Hirahata 122, 301-8555 Ryugasaki-shi, Japan. [e-mail:[email protected]] I would like to thank my faculty colleague Professor Robert B. Spenser for his helpful comments and suggestions and the referees for their insightful observations.Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 July 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12021Citations: 6 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract Japanese society has changed from the past as a result of modernization. However, there is one aspect of social action that has persisted at least in spirit. The purpose of the article is to show how traditional mutual help remains important, has been transformed in the transition to modernity, and has contributed to the continuing development of Japanese society. Mutual help can be divided into three types: yui, reciprocity through exchanging labor; moyai, redistribution based on a common store of goods and resources; and tetsudai, nonreciprocal support in social rites of passage. While these customs have almost disappeared from modern life, the tradition of mutual help is still manifest in some modern civic activities. The social system of mutual help arose from indigenous conditions in order to overcome the "tragedy of the commons." Modern society might do well to reconsider such mutual help networks in search of ways of solving both public and private social problems in Japan and overseas as well. References Abegglen, J. C. (1958). The Japanese Factory: Aspects of its Social Organization. Glencoe: Free Press. Aoki, M. (1994). 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