Sociological Reflections on “Subsistence Economy”

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  • 「サブシステンス経済」の社会学的考察
  • How to Make the Weak Independent
  • 社会的弱者の自立を促す経済

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This paper aims at analyzing “subsistence economy” from a sociological point of view. “Subsistence” is a particular economy related to human dignity and life. After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, numerous volunteers engaged themselves in non-profit organizations to give support to the victims of the catastrophe, who had been cut off the rest of the society. I have identified through these activities the formation of a “subsistence economy” where it clearly appears that the weak manage to work with their own ability and become “independent” by the support of the other person. On the basis of this study, I suggest that “subsistence economy” means the formation of “another micro-market” inside market economy.

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  • CRID
    1390001205364706816
  • NII Article ID
    130004374303
  • DOI
    10.5690/kantoh.2002.262
  • ISSN
    18840086
    09194363
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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