Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2015/04 -2019/03
Author : Hiraoka Koichi; Kim Jimi
This study compared and analyzed the marketization reforms and accompanying changes in the governance of social welfare and care services in seven countries: The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Italy, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. The main findings of this study show that, first, the marketization reforms were associated with the diverse pathways of defamilialization in social policy and the reorganization of intergovernmental relations. Second, the typology of the quasi-markets proved effective for elucidating the different situations facing marketization reforms in these countries. Third, there were commonalities and differences among these countries in their policy responses to problems in the social welfare and care labor market associated with the marketization reforms.