June　2004 Volume　40　Number　1
In Honor of the Retirement of Professor Kato Sonoko

CONTENTS
Farewell lecture commemorating the retirement of Professor Kato Sonoko
SATO Harukichi　　Our Appriciation to Professor Kato Sonoko
KATO Naoki　　In Appriciation
KATO Sonoko　　Emerging Challenges and Issues in Social Welfare Research
　　　　Continuity or Change in the 21st Century ?
　　　　Professor Kato Sonoko ﾕs Personal History and a Bibliography of Her Works
Articles:
YAMAMOTO Takashi　　Community Welfare and Planning in England:
　　　　Who bears the financial burden?
UEDA Akira　　A Study of Expertises of the Afterschool Care Program Teacher Based
　　　　on Research Concerning the Duties
ARAI Yasutomo　　The Current Condition and Problems of Home Help Service:
　　　　focusing on a problem of diversified suppliers
KURE Shuko　　The Analysis of Studies on Handicapped Children ﾕs Education in China:
　　　　Focusing on research papers about “Learning in Regular Class”
Christian ETZRODT　　Combined Methodology of the Natural and Social Sciences
Notes:
TSUDOME Masatoshi　　New Strategy of Councils of Social Welfare and
　　　　Community Planning for Welfare
IIDA Tetsuya　　A Challenge in Approaching Contemporary Japanese Society (2):
　　　　Exploration from sociological viewpoints
MORITA Kohei　　Note on Study of Intergroup Relations.
Research in Historical Recerds:
TAKAGI Masao　　Social Survey, Pregnancy Registration and the Economic Aid for
　　　　the Poor in Early 19th Century North Eastern Japan
　　　　― A case in Ichinoseki domain ― (1)
Translation:
MATSUBA Masafumi　　Jürgen Kocka, Civil Society and the Role of Politics
Colloquia: The Association of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 2003
List of Research Projects, the Association of Social Sciences, 2003
Contents: Ritsumeikan Social Sciences Review, Vol. 39 (No.1-4)
List of Recent Publications by Members of the Association (2003.4〜2004.3)