Kazoku syakaigaku kenkyu

Commemorating the Special 10th Anniversary Issue

Kyouko Yoshizumi

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 1-4
Published: March 25, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4234/jjoffamilysociology.10.1

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Gender Studies in Japanese Family Sociology

A Review since the 1970s

Mari Yamane

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 5-29,154
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4234/jjoffamilysociology.10.5

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This paper aims to clarify how gender studies have developed theory and research in Japanese family sociology since second wave feminism in the 1970s.
The goal of the theoretical contribution of gender studies is to overcome two modern family models, functionalist role defferentiation model and socialist egaritarian model, which have had great influence on Japanese family sociology.
Major research themes developed in gender studies are gender roles, housework, dual career, motherhood/fatherhood, rethinking of “the family”, and rethinking of maritalinstitutions. Quantitative methods have been predominantly used in these research. It is necessary to expand research themes and to develop qualitative methods in order to understand gender reality today.

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1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 30
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Review of a Quarter Century of Research in Japan on Family Problems and Family Pathology

Shinji Shimizu

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 31-83,154
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4234/jjoffamilysociology.10.31

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Research on family problems in Japan during the last 25 years is thoroughly reviewed in this paper. Each decade has been characterised as follows : in the 1970s as the golden age of family pathology research, in the 1980s as the age of Maxist family problem research, and in the first half decade of the 1990s as a transitional age of family problem research.
Several topics discussed in this paper include internationalization of research, the family crisis debate, problem-solving orientation, and family policy. Finally, it is concluded that the transition of research trends during the last 25 years can be phrased as from pathological and Marxist prespectives to the normalization perspective of family problem research.

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1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 84
Published: March 25, 1998
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Developments and Issues in Research on Family Welfare Policy

Miyuki Shimoebisu

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 85-110,155
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4234/jjoffamilysociology.10.85

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This article reviews developments in research on family welfare policy since the 1970s. Research on family welfare policy in the Japanese family sociology was insufficient until the early 1980s.
Recently, there has been progress in family welfare policy research. A family welfare policy model based on the individual is suggested, and theoretical research focusing on the individual is growing, thus an individual-oriented approach' is becoming important. However, the family welfare policy, the support to meet the needs of daily life, may not disregard the family group. Therefore, a ' family group-oriented approach' is also necessary in this field.
With the change of family, support programs for elderly care and child care are developing. Regarding the socialization of child and elderly care, theoretical consideration of social, economic, cultural and ideological views is needed.
To establish the Japanese welfare system, an investigation into family and society in Japan is essential, and thus theoretical contribution from family sociology is required.

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The Contribution to Family Sociology in Japan of Historical and Structural Studies on the Family

Kazue Muta

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 111-138,155
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4234/jjoffamilysociology.10.111

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There had been a historical and structual interest in family studies in Japan. As family sociology became institutionalized since the 1960s and 1970s, however, family studies shifted to take a micro-scopic view. Family scholars had to do so, in a sense, because of the rapid social change and its negative effects on the family in those days. Family studies transformed itself in order to study the family more effectively. On the other hand, the transformation caused family studies to become less historical and less interdisciplinary.
Since the 1980s, the development in family history and historical demography which began in Europe in the 1960s stimulated Japanese family scholars. They have been working to interpret the 'traditional family' in Japan from the new perspective which they learned from the Western scholars. Some of these studies are comparative and fruitful enough to contribute to international academia.
This field of family studies has been methodologically challenging to family sociology as a whole. I believe it has contributed, and will contribute to family sociology in Japan in the fields of the research and education.

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Comment 1 : Toward a Paradigm Shift in Family Sociology

Kiyomi Morioka

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 139-144,156
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With the understanding that one significant purpose of the present symposium is to identify any newly emerging paradigms in the field of family sociology in Japan, I focus my discussion on the issue of paradigm shift rather than on each of the excellent papers presented in this symposium.
The paradigm which has been dominant so far may be called the 'nuclear family paradigm.' It was established in the middle of the 1960' s through the so-called nuclear family controversy, replacing the IE paradigm which failed to interpret and analyze the drastic changes in the family in the post-war period.
In response to recent family changes since around 1970, family sociologists have tried earnestly to build up a new paradigm, but they have not been successful enough in that attempt. I deem a few minor paradigms emerging instead of a major one, and want to propose a high-density network paradigm as one of the minor paradigms of great promise.

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Comment 2 : Issues for a New Paradigm of Japanese Family Sociology

Emiko Ochiai

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 145-150,156
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The paradigm shift to view the family as a network of individuals, instead of viewing it as a group, has been the most fundamental change in Japanese family sociology since 1980. Sharing this point, the authors of the papers in this special issue discuss further points; the applicability of the new paradigm to the analysis of family problems, the method to go beyond family studies including the state and the company, and frameworks to deal with the “Japanese family”. Reestablishing the link between demography and family studies is another urgent issue.

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1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 151
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1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 152
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1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 153
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MEMBERS'PUBLICATIONS (1990-1996) (No.1)

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 157-176
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MEMBERS'PUBLICATIONS (1990-1996) (No.2)

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 176-198
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MEMBERS'PUBLICATIONS (1990-1996) (No.3)

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 198-221
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MEMBERS'PUBLICATIONS (1990-1996) (No.4)

1998 Volume 10 Issue 10-1 Pages 221-238
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