「高齢者よゆずれ」の大合唱,その意味と課題

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Today, it has been criticized that social security cost especially for elderly has been increased, and there is quite an outcry against this situation. Although many reforms so far have been carried out, it has never been centered on elderly like this. The purpose of this study is to examine how this kind of offense centered on elderly has developed, through the political trend. It does not seem that basic problems of social security have been fully discussed in the reports of the Social Security Council. The Financial System Council and the Taxation System Research Council justify the offense, comparing the young with elderly, in terms of a word, "unfairness". Positions and roles of elderly seem to be ambiguous and unstable under the categories of "youth" and "oldness". It has been clear that positions of elderly have been lowered in the society which has strongly moved forward productivity and economic development. In such structures, the outcry, "elderly, concede others!" has developed. The society which is considered that the positions of elderly are low is not durable but poor and unstable. It is important to reconsider the meaning and the value of human life, and to carry out reforms of social welfare policy from that point.
北翔大学の論文
2004-03-20