@article{oai:shiga-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008102,
 author = {宗野, 隆俊},
 issue = {第381号},
 journal = {彦根論叢},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {Departmental Bulletin Paper, In America, civic engagements in politics and public affairs have fallen
for decades. Robert D. Putnam proves this trend with rich data. However,
before “Putnam Shock”, scholars called republicans or communitarians
have addressed the decline in civic participation in public affairs. They attributes the trend to free, independent, and unencumbered persons
formed by dominant public philosophy, Liberal Democracy.
Republicans and communitarians emphasize that liberty requires selfgovernment
and that self-government can not live without optimum-sized
community in which citizens talk about public affairs and make consensus.
They consider neighborhoods the most ideal level for selfgovernment
of citizens. Needles to say, Tocqueville’s American Democracy.
makes influence on formation of the idea. However, neighborhoods have been the core of community in which people gather and discuss
common affairs.
In this article, the author describes some examples of “neighborhood self-government”, such as community development corporations. After
reading this article, we could find that the neighborhood self-government
exists not only in republican ideal or historic township, but also in present communities in which we gather and discuss public affairs., 彦根論叢, 第381号, pp. 157-182, The Hikone Ronso, No.381, pp. 157-182},
 pages = {157--182},
 title = {参加デモクラシーと「近隣の自治」（山﨑一眞教授退職記念論文集）},
 year = {2009}
}