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This article examines and points out the key issues in the developments of the Japanese urban sociology, 1945-1980s. The key issues are analyzed further in studies of three major contemporary developments : (1) the transformation of the Metropolitan economics and social structure, (2) the new industrial and urban spaces (such as City Centers of “World City” Tokyo, contrasted with Osaka and others), (3) the decline and rebuilding process of the existing urban communities (especially, including the inner-city neighborhoods). Finally, this article presents the conceptual scheme that pioneers the theoretical research on the changing Japanese urban communities.
Contents : 1) Overviews, 2) The “theory-building” paths of the two leading urban sociologists, Eiichi ISOMURA and Eitaro SUZUKI, 3) The epoch-makings of the postwar Japanese urban sociology, 4) The central themes and prospects of the postwar urban and community studies-Phase I, 5) The central themes and prospects of the postwar urban and community studies-Phase II, 6) The continuity and discontinuity of the “Postwar Paradigm” concerning the urban and community studies, 7) Concluding remarks.
