This article reviews the research trends in welfare sociology (sociological studies on social security and welfare), one of the many subfields of active research in sociology in Japan. For this purpose, several research streams formed from the 1970s to the 2000s are described, and some of the most important research results produced within these in the past two decades are introduced. In the latter part of this article, a broad overview of the research trends in Japanese welfare sociology is attempted by focusing on the contents of the journal published by the Japan Welfare Sociology Association (JWSA).

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社会保障与福利的社会学研究趋势

本文回顾了福利社会学的研究趋势（关于社会保障和福利的社会学研究），这是日本社会学活跃研究的众多子领域之一。为此，描述了从1970年代到2000年代形成的几个研究流，并介绍了过去20年中在这些研究中产生的一些最重要的研究结果。在本文的后半部分，通过关注日本福利社会学协会（JWSA）出版的期刊内容，尝试对日本福利社会学的研究趋势进行全面概述。