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Begins with a treatment of the inauspicious debut of social science in HI, noting how it aided & abetted colonization. However, although much of the analysis is aimed at elucidating current political issues in HI, its organizing concern is with a general critique of the historical role of social & political science "knowledge." Accordingly, much of the chapter deals with a trajectory of discourses on political analysis, nation-building, & equality throughout the 20th century, to which the primary contributions have been from US social science. To conclude, a way of theorizing inequality that challenges the predicates of state-centric discourses on rights & equality before the law is posited. Adapted from the source document.

An introduction for students of all levels to the big social science debates and important concepts in recent discussion of identity, citizenship, social divisions, consumption and class, gender, race and ethnicity, the role of the media and the.

Types & character of primary soc sci publications in Japan are divided into the following categories: (1) res instit's (nat'l, public, private), (2) Coll's & U's (faculties, instit's, assoc's), (3) learned societies (on a nation-wide basis), (4) nonassociated federations or centers, & (5) commercial publishing firms. Editorial arrangements are described re selection of Ed's, Editorial board, panels of readers (referees), responsibility for contents, staff, publication, & finance. Re publication costs, there are a number of learned journals which do not cover them from sales & assoc membership dues, esp in category (3); deficits are covered out of funds originating from U or society sources, private funds, commercial funds, or Nat'l Gov (Ministry of Educ). Information is summarized re authors' fees. It is found that the scattering of specialized res articles in the same subject among many publications is very inconvenient for the user, as is the publication of specialized res articles in widely diff fields in the same journal, as practiced in U or Coll records, memoirs & bulletins. Re coverage, most journals seek to publish original res reports (in a single disciplinary area) &/or general coverage (in a broad, multidisciplinary area) & theoretical articles. Japanese soc sci journals published in foreign languages number less than 20, while the Japanese language journals with resumes published in more than 1 European language number 15. Translation problems are briefly discussed. Circulation figures are presented for these journals. Re readership, journals in categories (1) to (4) are exclusively addressed to academic &/or professional readers, esp memoirs & records. The periodicals in categories (2), (3) or (4) are directed also to members of assoc's or to the general public, while periodicals in category (5) are directed to professionals & the general public. No regular efforts are made to extend the circulation of most journals. An Appendix which lists the 28 member assoc's of the Union of Japanese Assoc's of Humanistic Studies, 4 Tables, & a Bibliog. E. Weiman.

Abstract. The notion that a social science can be value‐free ignores the fact that the concepts upon which the social sciences remain dependent cannot possibly be. The emphasis upon methodology, mainly responsible for that position continues, but in recent years it has been paired with emphasis upon policy, applied social science. Value free social policy is within possibility— but it would be irrelevant.