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MIZUNO, Kosuke

Professor
Division of Integrated Area Studies
B. A. in Economics, Kyoto University, 1978
D. Agr. in Agricultural Economics, Kyoto University, 1994

Current Research Interests

People’s organizations (such as labor unions), institutional change, and good governance
The possibility of sustainable humanosphere development in Indonesia
Small-scale businesses in the development of the Indonesian economy

Indonesian labor union SBJ, organized afterthe fall of Suharto

I have employed both institutional and historical approaches in my study of the Indonesian economy as well as the area study approach when examining land, labor, and capital as integral parts of the economy. My research interest also includes studying the development and the role of people’s organizations, and how social capital is attained or lost in communities.

I have conducted a number of case studies on the non-farm sector and rural industries in the Indonesian countryside, the results of which have been published in my book Community-Based Industry in Indonesia: What Is a Path to the Recovery of Asian Economies? (Kyoto University Press, 1999). This study delved into the characteristics of community-based industry, which is the main form of small-scale industry in Indonesia. One of its findings point to "regional units like neighboring households, neighboring organizations, hamlets, and administrative villages [as forming the] social basis to some extent for the development of economic networks of the people who participated in the community-based industries.”

My research on rural industrialization, published in Rural Industrialization in Indonesia: A Case Study of Community-Based Weaving Industry in West Java (IDE, 1996), likewise showed that rural industry and the non-firm sector improved income distribution among rural peoples, but did not change the income distribution hierarchy.

Research Activities in 2008 Fiscal Year

Publications

Michele Ford, Kosuke Mizuno ed. 2008. Special Edition on "Indoenesian Labor since Suharto: Perspectives from the Region"　Labor and Management in Development Jornal Vol. 9.

Michele Ford, Kosuke Mizuno, 2008, "Indonesian Labor since Suharto: Perepectives from the Region" Labor and Management in Development Journal, Vol. 9.

Kosuke Mizuno, 2008, "Strengths and weaknesses in Law No,2/2004 about Industrial Disputes Settlement" Labor and Management in Development Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 1-8.

Mizuno. K．2008. "From Colonial Studies to Sustainable Humanosphere: Japanese Studies on Rural Southeast Asia" .Asia-Pacific Forum (40): 1-20.

Siti Sugiah Mugniesyah; and Mizuno K. 2008. “Women’s Land Contribution and Its Relation to Household Food Security Among Peasant Households, (Case in an Upkand Village in West Java),” In JSPS-DGHE Core University Program in Applied Biosciences Proceedings of the Final Seminar on: Toward Harmonization between Development and Environmental Conservation in Biological Production. Feb, 28-29, 2008:168-182.

Seminars/Symposia

Workshop Name：JSPS-NRCT Core University International Workshop on Future Perspective of Asian Way of Social Movement in the Era of Globalization
Date：June 14, 2008
Place：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Presenter：MIZUNO, Kosuke
Topic：“Social Movement and Changing Governance in Southeast Asia”

Seminar Name：Seminar Memperingati 50 Tahun Hubungan Diplomatik Republik Indonesia dan Jepang
Date：April 17, 2008
Place：Universitas Gajah Mada （Yogyakarta, Indonesia）
presenter：MIZUNO, Kosuke
Topic：“Retrospectif Hubungan Ekonomi Indonesia dan Jepang, dan Arah Perkembangan Masa Depan”

Congress Name：Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies, National Congress of Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies
Date：：April 4-5, 2008
Place：Jeonju （South Korea）
presenter：MIZUNO, Kosuke
Topic：“Japanese Study on Rural Southeast Asia and CSEAS Kyoto University, From Colonial Studies to Sustainable Humanosphere”

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