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東アジアでの社会的経済・社会的企業の生成 : 実践の現場をつなぐ役割と議論にかかわって

On the Emerging Social Economy and Social Enterprises in East Asia : My view as a facilitator of actors in the field and a bridge- builder between the practical field and theoretical thinking

jpn

00229741

https://doi.org/10.15002/00007379

法政大学経済学部学会

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2011-03-10

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This paper addresses my view on the process of the emerging social economy and social enterprises in East Asia, which has been obtained by taking part in the process as a facilitator of actors in the field and a bridgebuilder between the practical field and theoretical thinking. Since 1980, neo-liberalism has become the dominant stream in political thought in both Japanese and South Korean societies, resulting in an expansion of economic inequality and social polarization. Against this situation, we have noticed the rise of the social economy and the social enterprises in both countries. However, I have found that differences exist between Korean and Japanese societies in the methods of coping with the problems. In Japanese society, various types of small and multi-functional social enterprises have been set up without governmental support, while in Korean society, social enterprises and self-supporting communities have been built up through cooperation between citizens’ groups and the government in the course of radical political democratization in Korea. I think the time has come when both Japanese and Korean societies should learn from each other’s past experiences in building “the civil public sphere.” that is, autonomy against the bureaucratically oriented state.

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