1.Local societies and rural people's self-organizing activities: an analytical framework / Ikuko Okamoto -- pt. I LOCALITY GROUPS AND HOST ORGANIZATIONS IN LOCAL SOCIETY -- 2.Composition of locality groups as the basis of local social systems: the case of rural Thailand / Shinichi Shigetomi -- 3.Rural development in a multi-layered local system: a poverty reduction program case in Central Vietnam / Misaki Iwai -- 4.Organizing community forestry in rural Myanmar: capability and functions of villages / Ikuko Okamoto -- pt. II LOCAL SOCIETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS -- 5.Organizational responses of local societies in regional diversity: case study of a microfinance project in rural Indonesia / Motoko Shimagami -- 6.Forms of collective actions in a dyadically woven local society: the case of rural Philippines / Atsuko Hayama --

7.Common fund procurement through rent collection: a form of collective action for public works and public services in Indian villages / Shinichi Shigetomi -- 8.Communal resource-driven rural development: the salient feature of organizational activities in Chinese villages / Nanae Yamada -- pt. III CONCLUSION -- 9.Propositions for understanding local society for rural development / Shinichi Shigetomi.