4 福祉国家と行財政 : 福祉国家の変容とニューパブリックマネジメント(「福祉国家」の射程)

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Welfare State has transformed itself in a various manner in a long-term perspective, as the underlying financial conditions changed. There has been a crucial time as the role of the government and the market changes. More recently, so-called "globalization" has brought the attention where the welfare state could not function as one nation alone. In retrospect, both the government and the market have reformed its function over the last century. As for the government, it is obvious that the management function and the service delivery function are well required by the market. On the other hand, the market seeks to create a brand-new system with the cooperation of the government. Now we enter the new era, where the government and the market co-establish a new framework and build a mutual relationship. Yet, there seems to be many concerns over this new collaboration. The present paper, under the title of Welfare State and Social Administration & Finance, discusses the status quo of changing welfare state and emerging New Public Management (NPM). The NPM has the power to drive the welfare state transformation. It introduces to the governmental activities with the market forces and private management techniques. The paper also deals with the British community care reform by an empirical approach, focusing on creating quasi-market for the care services. Some of the defects of the quasi-market are further discussed.
社会政策学会の論文
2001-10-30