Kamimura Yasuhiro
上村泰裕

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2012 to Jun 2013

University Affiliation (Current)

University Affiliation

Yasuhiro Kamimura is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Nagoya University, teaching welfare sociology and comparative social policy. His book, Welfare Asia: Comparison and Vision (The University of Nagoya Press, 2015), won the Special Prize at the 28th Asia-Pacific Awards, sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers and the Asian Affairs Research Council.

Current Research Projects: political economy of East Asian welfare regimes, welfare state development in Taiwan, the history and future of work and welfare, old and new informal employment, environmental and social justice, and global social policy.

Recent Publications

上村泰裕,2015,『福祉のアジア――国際比較から政策構想へ』名古屋大学出版会.

上村泰裕編,2020,『新・世界の社会福祉7――東アジア』旬報社.

上村泰裕,2021,「働くことの意味と保護――持続可能なディーセントワークの構想」『日本労働研究雑誌』第736号, pp.77-86.

上村泰裕・金成垣・米澤旦編,2021,『福祉社会学のフロンティア――福祉国家・社会政策・ケアをめぐる想像力』ミネルヴァ書房.

ダニエル・ベラン&リアン・マホン(上村泰裕訳),2023,『社会政策の考え方――現代世界の見取図』有斐閣.

筒井淳也・山根純佳・上村泰裕編,2024,『岩波講座社会学第9巻――福祉・社会保障』岩波書店.

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