鈴木広の都市社会学がめざしたもの

―今後の都市社会学の累積的発展に向けて―

抄録

    Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki is one of founders of Urban Sociology in Japan. In this paper, I trace Suzukiʼs urban studies and inquire a key of cumulative development of Urban Sociology in Japan.
    The characteristic of Suzukiʼs urban studies is strong theoretical orientation. These studies were conducted on the basic way of thinking; that is, theory of general society → presentation of analytical framework → comparative study and typology → construction of theory of middle range → generalization of research findings. He had deal with diverse research topics. These all topics were connected with rapid urbanization of Japanese society which he had experienced. In this sense, his researches were analysis of the actual social condition and a sort of clinical diagnosis.
    But analysis of the actual social condition is not good enough for cumulative development of Urban Sociology. For cumulative development of Urban Sociology, we need to refine basic concept of urban studies (for example; community, social structure of city etc.), at some time clinical study. We also need to educate our ability to make the question to the present urban social phenomenon.