THE POSTMODERN SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN JAPAN -Sociology of Movements against the Construction of Nagara River Estuary Dam-

长良川是日本罕见的没有水坝的天然河流。在河口建坝的计划最初是在20世纪60年代初提出的，当时日本正处于经济高速增长的繁荣时期，为了利用水资源。日本从70年代中期开始，经济结构发生变化，经济增长放缓，目前长良川所在的中京地区开发新的水资源的必要性已不高。然而，中央政府官僚坚持完成该项目，甚至将其目的从水资源利用改为防洪。从1988年开始，反对建河口大坝的运动就通过全国性的大众媒体网络而广为人知。然而，在房地产领域，这一运动的历史可以追溯到20世纪60年代。从1988年开始，这场运动之所以开始频繁地通过大众媒体进行报道，是因为这场运动从一场以工业、渔业和现代工业之间的经济实力差距为基础的经济运动，急剧转变为一场拯救河流的环境运动。在会议上，我想通过新旧两次运动的比较，分析日本当代官僚主义的状况和反对官僚主义的公民运动的可能性，反对修建河口大坝

Nagara River is a rare natural river without dams in Japan. The plan to construct a dam at the estuary of it was initially proposed in early 1960's for the utilization of water resources, when Japan was booming with high economic growth. At present, it is not so necessary to develop the new water resources in Chukyo District, in which Nagara River is located, because of the structural change of economy and the slowing down of economic growth from the middle of 1970's in Japan. However, the central government bureaucrals adhered to accomplish the project even by changing its purpose from utilization of water resources to flood control. In other words, now the project is not for industries, but for itself.The existence of the movement against the construction of the estuary dam has come to be known through nationwide mass media networks since 1988. However, in realty, this movement has a long history dating back to 1960's. The reason why the movement has begun to be reported so frequently through mass media since 1988 is that the movement has drastically changed from an economic movement, based on wide gaps in economic power between industries, fishery and modern industries, to an environmental movement to save the river.At the conference, I would like to analyze the state of comtemporary bureaucracy in Japan and the possibility of civic movement against it, through the comparison of two movements, the old and the new, against the construction of the estuary dam.