坂井　素思　Sakai Motoshi プロフィール

				Japanese/日本語
			I’m engaged in research focused on economic systems as seen from Socio-Economics viewpoint. In addition to studying the markets, enterprises, home economics and the government, I am also studying the underlying institutional elements such as money, power, and information. I have tried to analyze Socio-Economics not only in terms of the clearly visible political and legal frameworks of society but also through the observation of more wide-ranging fundamentals that form the social order. While I study theories concerning a consumer society and an industrial society, ranging from broader subjects such as Economic Progress and Social Ethics, I will examine such more practical, down-to-earth issues such as Consumer Behavior and the Behavior of Savings and Luxury Consumption, and discuss these in relation to home economics. This year my attention is focused on Public Policies in a Consumer Society.

		SAKAI, Motoshi
		Economics, Socio-Economics (NACSIS-DIRR)
		Faculty Member of UA Kanagawa Study Center
		1950	Born in Nagano Prefecture
		1975	Graduated from Yokohama National University Dept. of Economics
		1980	Obtained Ph.D. course credits from Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
		Present	Ass. Prof. At the University of the Air
		Major Field of Study	Socio-Economics, Theoretical Study of Economic Institutions
		Major Publications	·Economic Society (1990) ·Household Economy（1992） ·Economic Civilization – Tracing the Institutional Origin of the Industrial Society (1994) ·The Modern Economic Society – Pecuniary Culture of Consumer Society and Taste (1998) ·Comparative Economy, Management and Society (coauthor ,1986) ·Household Economy (coauthor ,1988 ) ·Economic Thoughts (coauthor ,1992 ) ·Life and Welfare in Aging Society (coauthor ,1992) ·The Changing Japanese Society (coauthor ,1993) ·An Introduction to Social Sciences – For Comprehensive Understanding of Society （coauthor ,1997）（All of the above titles were published by the Society for the Promotion of the University of the Air）
		Major Papers	·Economic Progress and Social Ethics （Quarterly Contemporary Economics） ·An Essay on Exchange （Journal of the University of the Air） ·Organizing Principles of Household and the Family (Journal of Household Economy) ·The Institutional and the Non-Institutional （Journal of the University of the Air） ·The ‘Price Destruction’ Phenomenon and Mass Consumer Society (Quarterly Journal of Household Economy) ·Saving and Home Economics as Pecuniary Phenomena (Quarterly Journal of Household Economy) ·Thesis on Luxury Consumption （Journal of the University of the Air）
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	Courses Individual Research for Graduation- Policy Statement Graduation Research Library	w	Workshop of Social Sciences


		Theses
		*・On Social Knowledge* (PDF)(HTML)**
		*・ Thesis on Luxury Consumption* (PDF)(HTML)**
		・The Institutional and the Non-Institutional (PDF) - An Attempt at an Interpretation of the Evolution of Economic Systems
		・*Social Science Education in Open Universities* (PDF)
		*・Luxury Leisure and Boring Leisure* (PDF)(HTML)**
		・*Saving and Household Economy as Pecuniary Phenomena* (PDF)(HTML)
		・Principles of Household Economy and the Family Organization (PDF)(HTML)
	w	*Critiques*

		*Democratization of Luxury Consumption（HTML）(PDF-P.6) -Upon reading E. Zola’s*
		Essays (Published in the Kanagawa Study Center Newsletter)
		The Longest Journey in the World (HTML)（PDF-P.３）
		*On Curiosity* (HTML)（PDFP.６）
		*Imaginative Power in Face-to-Face Instructions* (PDF-P.4)
		*On Theoria* (PDF-P.4)

		I edit and produce a journal and a newsletter They are both just fledgling attempts.
		I hope that they will grow with time in scope and depth.	The Board of Social Sciences (Electronic Journal) UA Kanagawa Study Center (Electronic Newsletter)

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