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Peer reviewedKnight, John – Journal of Rural Studies, 1994
This case study of Wakayama Prefecture focuses on the postwar Japanese government's efforts to facilitate administration of rural areas via "town-making." School consolidation is among the means used to fabricate a new sense of social cohesion from a patchwork of depopulated and aging villages. The goal is to promote a national modern…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Centralization, Change Strategies, Community Change
