Reconsidering the devision of labour between urban and industrial sociology: Re-analysis of original sheets of surveys

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12922
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University (2019-2021); The University of Tokyo (2018)
• Principal Investigator: TAKEOKA Toru 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 准教授 (90783374)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 職業 / 尾高邦雄 / 連字符社会学 / 労働

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In examining the division of labor between urban sociology and sociology　of work, the 1950s are notable as a landmark period. The division of labor, which had not necessarily been clear prior to the 1950s, became clearer with the establishment of sociology in the 1950s and thereafter. In this study, we have taken up Takashi Nakano's "A Study of Merchant Family Groups" and Kunio Odaka's "Sociology of Occupation" as important works in tracing the process of establishment of such a division of labor system. The development of sub-disciplines in academia can be said to be a healthy process of advancement, but at the same time, there is the problem that some themes are left out of such segregation. This study was a historical study of such a problem.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

格差や不平等といった現代社会の喫緊の課題に対して、社会学という学問もまた精力的に解明の努力を続けている。そのなかで「職業」という概念は、格差や不平等が世代を超えて再生産される際に重要な役割を果たすものであると考えられている。しかしながらこの概念についての検討はあまり進んでいない。本研究は社会学において職業という概念が用いられなくなっていった過程について、特に都市社会学と労働社会学のあいだの分業プロセスを調べることでアプローチしたものである。