Creating a diversified community: Community safety activity in Musashino City,Japan |
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| Authors: | Yosuke Maeda |
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| Institution: | 1. Maimonides Infants and Children''s Hospital of Brooklyn, Nurse Practitioner — Division of Pediatric Surgery, 4802 Tenth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219, United States;2. College of Health Professions, Pace University, United States;3. Leinhard School of Nursing, Pace University, United States |
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| Abstract: | The recent development of the third sector and the government encouragement of it have attracted the attention of many researchers. In particular, geographical research has examined how the third sector has been affected or changed by government policies or guidelines in recent political economic contexts, especially neo-liberalism and also neo-communitarianism. While much research has demonstrated that the relationship between the government and the third sector is becoming closer, and has considered the problematic impact on the sector or the community, recent studies have described a much more complicated relationship and its consequence. In response, this paper attempts to explore alternative effects of government encouragement at the local community level, through utilising empirical data on recent voluntary activity regarding community safety by the Voluntary Organisations for Crime Prevention Patrol (VOCPP) in Musashino City, a suburb of Tokyo in Japan. Before focusing on the case study in Musashino, the paper briefly outlines key geographical literature on the third sector, and also examines recent expectations of Japan’s third sector using Japanese political documents. Finally, the paper argues that the encouragement of government in fact has the potential to work as a ‘catalyst’ leading to a more independent third sector, with a geographically and organisationally less hierarchical structure, and may also assist in developing a more diversified community. |
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