Abstract
Japan Society of Social Science on Latin America (JSLA) has celebrated its 60th anniversary. During this time, the members have conducted research in the fields of politics, economics, and society based on social sciences, and disseminated the results to society. This paper aims to review JSLA’s research from its inception to the present, and to indicate future issues. The research topics reflect the changes in Latin American society. When JSLA was established, the topics were modernization and development (industrialization), from the 1960s to the 1980s, populism, military rule, and debt crises, from the 1990s, economic liberalization and globalization, and from the 2000s onwards, social issues such as poverty, distribution, and social security have become the subject of research. What are the future challenges for JSLA? One is to confirm the research attitude. All research combines philosophy (view of humanity and society), science (theory), and non-neutrality (social participation), and Latin American studies are no exception. Diversity in research is important, but there may be issues that should be focused on. In Latin America, these would be democratization, poverty and inequality, and the new theme of climate change and natural disaster. JSLA is facing a stagnant membership and, even more so, a lack of awareness of Latin American studies. To overcome these issues, it is necessary to appeal the importance of Latin American studies to academia and society.
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