Kazuo Zaiki
Last Updated :2023/02/02
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
- E-mail
- zaiki
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Other Contact Details
- 1-7-1 KAGAMIYAMA HIGASHIHIROSHIMA-CITY JAPAN739-8521, Japan
TEL : (+81) FAX : (+81)
- Self-introduction
- My name is Kazuo Zaiki, Sociologist.
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 1989/04/01, 1992/03/31, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Lecturer
- 1992/04/01, 2007/03/31, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, associate professor
- 2006/04/01, 2007/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, associate professor
- 2007/04/01, 2012/12/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, associate professor
- 2013/01/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, professor
Educational Backgrounds
- Kobe University, Graduate School, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Japan, 1982/04, 1989/03
- Kobe University, Faculty of Literature, Japan, 1976/04, 1980/03
Academic Degrees
- Master of Arts, Kobe University
Educational Activity
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Integrated Arts and Sciences
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
In Charge of Primary Major Programs
- Integrated Arts and Sciences
- Socio-Cultural Studies
Research Fields
- Humanities;Philosophy;Area studies
- Social sciences;Sociology;Sociology
Research Keywords
- decline in birth rate and marriage rate, tendency to marry later,
family building
- super-graying society, family relations in aging period , compact city for the aged persons
- mate selection difficulty in Japan
- support of the elderly, work-family-balance
- nursing home
- fiscal reconstruction, government debt and bonds, reform of social security system, public pension, medical insurance system
- transitional societies, tranparency, corruption, nepotism
- nationalism, ethnic problems, state system
- refugees return, returnees remaining, social integration of returnees, post-conflict society
- area study, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Affiliated Academic Societies
- The Japan Sociological Society, 1980
- Kansai Sociological Association, 1980
- The Japanese Association for Russian and East European Studies
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2022, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, An Interdisciplinary Survey on War and Peace
- 2022, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Society and Human Being
- 2022, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Study of Social Policy and Social Work
- 2022, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial IIB
- 2022, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Studies in Sociological Method
- 2022, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Seminar in Studies in Sociological Method
- 2022, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Basic Analysis Method of Social Research Data
- 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Social System and Social Change
- 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, The Sociology of Social Structure
- 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Modern Middle East Studies
- 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Intensive, Special Study
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- Privitizing Socialist Enterprise of Yugoslavia on Trial, Studies in Social Sciences, 17, 39-66, 19920201
- The Issues of Soviet Studies in Work Attitudes, AJIA KEIZAI, 30(8), 58-78, 19891201
- Worker’Self-Management, Income Distribution and Work Motivation in Yugoslavia, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 8, 37-61, 19910301
- Young Workers and Their Job Dissatisfaction in the Soviet Union, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 6, 155-185, 19890301
- Participation and Influence in Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management, Studies in Social Sciences, 15, 43-83, 19900201
- Yugoslav Socialism, Its Management and Work Morale., Sociological Review of Kobe University, 5, 110-152, 19880301
- Basic Problems of Industrial Democracy, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 1, 32-55, 19840201
- ★, Occupational Structure and Farm Operation of Part-Time Farmer, SOSHIOROJI, 29(3), 1-31, 19850301
- Memorandam SANU and Milosevic’s Nationalist Policy, Studies in Social Sciences, 18, 179-245, 19921201
- Yugoslav Crisis : Its Origin and Escalation Process, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 10, 85-103, 19930301
- Slobodan Milosevic and Kosovo Polje Meeting, Studies in Social Sciences, 19, 47-79, 19931201
- Milosevic versus Stambolic : A Political Battle Among Serbian Communist Party in 1987, Studies in Social Sciences, 20, 107-128, 19941201
- Part-time Farmer at Present ; in Case of Ina-city in Nagano Prefecture, For New Sociology, 10(1), 31-45, 19841001
- Chinese Way of Reforming Enterprise System : Characteristics in Comparison with East Enropean Reform, Hiroshima Peace Science, 19, 205-215, 19961201
- Chinese Employees and Their Job Satisfaction : Comparative Analysys of Survey Results at Three Different Types of Enterprises in China, Studies in Social Sciences, 23, 89-120, 19971201
- Chinese Employees with Enterprise and Work Reform:Their Views on Working Conditions and Labor Management, Hiroshima Peace Science, 21, 101-149, 19980701
- Profiles of the Middle-aged People in Hiroshima City : the Results of Questionnaire Survey in 2000, Studies in Area Culture, 26, 61-136, 20001201
- What do the Middle-aged People in Hiroshima Worry about? : the Results of Questionnaire Survey in 2000, Studies in Social Sciences, 26, 175-233, 20001201
- The Essential Aspects of Serbian Question in Croatia of Ex-Yugoslavia, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 14, 205-215, 19961001
- Social Relations of the Middle-Aged People in Hiroshima City, Studies in social science, 27, 125-183, 20011201
- An Analysis of A-bomb Victim Households in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Papers on Society and Culture, 7, 207-221, 20020301
- Life Satisfaction of the Middle-Aged Single People in Hiroshima City : Based on the Results of Questionnaire Research in 2000, 24, 241-293, 20020701
- Job Securing Management of the Japanese Firms and the Role of the Social Policy in the Current Recession Period, Sociological Review of Kobe University, 19, 30-51, 20020301
- A Short History of the South Slav Unification Movement: From the Illyrian Conception of 1830s to the Corfu Declaration in 1917, Hiroshima Peace Science, 25, 145-188, 20030701
- The State of the Slovens, Croatians and Serbs:There was anothet South Slave State in 1918, Studies in Social Sciences, 29, 1-62, 20031201
- A Short History of the First Yugoslavia: from the December Proclamation in 1918 to the Demise of Protic’s Cabinet, Hiroshima Peace Science, 26, 169-214, 20040701
- Industrialization in Himeji City from 1950 to 2000, 19-34, 20010301
- Yugoslavia’s State Organization and the Croatian Question, Studies in Social Sciences, 30, 49-118, 20041201
- National Question and Parliamentary Government in the First Yugoslavia from 1923 to 1924, Hiroshima Peace Science, 27, 69-116, 20050701
- An Unsuccessful Effort to Reverse the Polarization of Serbs and Croats in the mid-1920s’ Yugoslav State, Studies in Social Sciences, 31, 133-202, 20051201
- The Negotiation among King Aleksandar and Opposition Leaders in 1934:The Last Attempt of Consolidating the South Slav Nation State through Monarchist Dictatorship, Hiroshima Peace Science, 28, 81-112, 20061201
- Serbo-Croatian Agreement in the Making: The Background and Problems of Cvetkovic-Machek Agreement (1939), Studies of Enviromental Sciences=Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences=Hiroshima University, 1, 71-98, 20061201
- On causes of defeat and collapse of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April War l941, Studies of Environmental Sciences, 2, 22, 20071201
- The Emergence of the Resistance Movement Engaged in the Fightagainst the Occupation Forces in Croatia during the World War II, Studies of Environmental Sciences, 3, 23, 20081201
- The Issue of Lost Tenancy Rights on the Socially-Owend Apartments in Croatia; As acontinuing obstacle to return of Serb Refugees, 4, 51-75, 20091201
- The Difficulty of Getting Married and the Growing Need for Creating a New Type of Marriage Support in Current Japan, 133-209, 20100301
- Progress Report of Local Integration of Refugee Population in Serbia, 20101201
- Return and reintegration of Serbian refugees in Croatia: An analysis of the situation with a focus on the employment problem, 6, 9-38, 20111201
- The Dynamics and Sustainability of Minority Return in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Ethnic War, 7, 43-77, 20121201
- Questionnaire survey about promotional factors for marriage in Japan ; Research report of the practical seminar on social research method in Hiroshima University, 102-107, 20130301
- The Current Living Conditions of Minority Returnees after the Ethnic War: Results of the Research Conducted in Local Towns of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Studies in Enviromental Sciences, 8, 17-52, 20131201
- Sustainable return of ethnic minorities in terms of generational reproduction: Serb returnee areas in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Studies in Enviromental Sciences, 9, 65-103, 20141201
- War and uncompleted nation states: comment from unified state building movement of south slavic nations, Study of Occidental History, 155-171, 20151101
- Unemployment and nepotism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Studies in Enviromental Sciences, 10, 41-78, 20151201
- The effect of employment structure on labor force outflow in Croatia, Studies in Environmental Sciences, 11, 29-75, 20161231
- Returnees: the prevailing problem of displaced persons after the end of the returning process—focusing on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, IPSHU Research Report Series, 17-23, 20170701
- The transformation of ethnic composition after the civil war viewed from the population census data in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hiroshima Peace Science, 39, 1-29, 20180301
- Current imigration issues in Eastern Europe: Poland, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 35, 33-56, 20190731
- ★, Is it possible for Japan to expand employment of the elderly any more than now? ; An analysis based on survey data, 16, 55-107, 202003
Publications such as books
- 2004/04, Social Institutions and Our Life(Chapter7: The Current Recession and Social Problems in Japan) , Baifukan, 2004, 04, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 233
- 2002/03, Socio-political Change and National Question in Eastern Europe , 2002, 03, Report, Single work
- 2000/07, ’The Origin of Croats, Serbs and Muslisms in the Former Yugoslavia’ in Multiculture in 21th Century , Baifukan, 2000, 07, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 296
- 2000/09, The Trend of Marriage and Birth Rate in Japan , Seibun-do, 2000, 09, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 332
- 1998, Eastern Europe and the World Economy (with ’A Comparative Analysys of Privatization: A Chinese Way and Polishi Way’) , Edward Elger Publishing Limited, 1998, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 293
- 1998/01, Transition of Asian, African, European Economies to the Market and Socioeconomic Dislocations (with ’Labour Market and Labour Management in China’) , UnitedNationsCenter for Regional Development, 1998, 01, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 180
- 1994/04, "The Origin of Yugoslav Crisis", in Sociology; Theory,Comparation and Culture,edited by A.Kitahara,p.199-219,Koyo Press , Koyo-Shobo, 1994, 04, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 290
- 1983/11, ’Analytical Framework of Local Society in Japan’ in Sociology of Local Society Life , 1983, 11, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 230
- 1982/03, Industrialization and Change of Social Structure in Akou City , 1982, 03, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 274
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- Returnee problem ; the remaining problem of displaced persons, Kazuo Zaiki, 2nd International Symposium 2016 hosted by Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University "Migration and Refugees : How the International Society Tacles the Human Rights Crisis", 2016/12/09, With Invitation, English, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, HigashiHiroshima
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- KAKENHI, 2016, 2018
- KAKENHI, 2013, 2015
- KAKENHI, Return and Social Integration of Refugees in Post-Conflict country, 2010, 2012
- KAKENHI, Multi-focused research on ethnic and cultural conflicts in contemporary Europe, 2008, 2010
- KAKENHI, National Question and Power Structure in Eastern Europe as Multinational Countries., 2007, 2009
- KAKENHI, SOCIALISM AND MULTI-NATIONAL STATE IN EASTERN EUROPE, 2004, 2006
- KAKENHI, SOCIAL CHANGE AND NATIONAL QUESTION IN EASTERN EUROPE, 1999, 2001
- KAKENHI, 1996, 1996
- KAKENHI, Privatization of Socialist Enterprises in Eastern Europe, 1994, 1996
- KAKENHI, 1993, 1993