September 2012 Volume 48 Number 2 Articles: YAMAMOTO Kohei Issues of Support Philosophy and Method to Assist socially Withdrawn Adolescents (HIKIKOMORI) : Based on comparative researches between South Korea and Japan on youth problems The Second report ; Through research on the Yooja Salon. SAKATA Kenji Considering the Significance of Watching the Tokyo Olympics via Taiwanese TV Broadcasts for the People of Yonaguni Island : Multilevel nationalistic sentiment concerning the Tokyo Olympics YOSHIDA Makoto Emergence of Personnel Transfer at Nissan after W.W.II SAKURAI Junri How Can We Create Jobs in a Local Community? : Schemes and features of employment policies of Toyonaka City, Osaka KAWAGUCHI Shinichi A Study of Chicago’s Recreational Movement and Americanization : issues concerning Protestantism and Settlement. AWATANI Yoshiji The Intellectuals after the Second World War in Japan and its Music Culture : Shunsuke Tsurumi, Folk Song and “Studies of Marginal Art” (Genkai Geijutsu Ron) ISHIDA Tomomi Study on the Development of Motor Awareness by Analyzing Essay Writings on Physical Movements While Swimming Written by the Fourth and the Sixth Graders in Elementary School TAKAKURA Hiroshi Roles of Scientific Information in Environmental Movements : A case of an environmental movement on endocrine disruptors TAKEMURA Tomoko Study on Media Uses and Motivations for Watching TV Programs : Qualitative interview research on young adults who do not have TV devices. CHEN Yindi Research on the Knowledge and Technique of Care Workers Working in Facilities for Frail Elderly People in a Chinese Urban City Survey: OBASE Ichiro A Short Report on “the House Museum of Antonio Gramsci” Others: Colloquia: The Association of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 2011 List of Research Projects, the Association of Social Sciences, 2011 Contents: Ritsumeican Social Sciences Review, Vol.47 (No.1-4) List of Recent Publications by Members of the Association (2011.4〜2012.3)