3 ワークフェア概念と福祉国家論の転換 : 分権的「福祉政府」へ向けて(「福祉国家」の射程)

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Workfare means the requirement of working activities in order to receive welfare benefits. The United States has introduced the "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" (TANF) block grants based on the philosophy of workfare. However, the narrow-based workfare is criticized as punishing welfare recipients who are not responsible for their lack of jobs. And workfare has wider meanings now, including Swedish type of "active labor market policies." In this article, I introduce a new concept of workfare. The broad-based workfare is a system of social safety net which is a combination of works and various welfare programs through public finance system. In particular, I emphasize the importance of universal programs as well as selective ones. Universal type of social services (e.g. education, nursing, health, environment, etc.) are services for cooperation in the communities. They are supplied by the local governments and the residents must contribute to the cooperation by paying taxes instead of working. The main local tax will be the personal income tax. It's because the residents with high income have more benefits than those with low income by delegating the cooperative services to local governments and spending time on private economic activities.
社会政策学会の論文
2001-10-30