Social Networks' Relations with Prefectural and Municipal Governments' Welfare Programs since 1990

• Project/Area Number: 24530162
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Hiroshima Shudo University
• Principal Investigator: HIROMOTO Masayuki 広島修道大学, 法学部, 教授 (90320019)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 社会的ネットワーク / 福祉 / 地方自治体 / 住民参加型福祉 / 福祉体制

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to reveal social networks' relations with prefectural and municipal governments' programs of welfare for seniors and children. People and organizations form social networks in their communities. Social networks may provide welfare services for residents in the communities. This study examined how social networks connect with prefectural and municipal governments' welfare programs.
The analysis revealed that social networks cannot substitute for prefectural and municipal governments in supplying welfare services, and that prefectural and municipal governments tend to provide more welfare services for areas enjoying developed social networks than those holding undeveloped social networks.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The Influence of Social Networks on Prefectural and Municipal Government Welfare Programs since 1989 (2015)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修大法学 Volume: 37
  • NAID: 40020390648
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Studies of Side-by-Side and Lively Salons (2014)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修大法学 Volume: 37
  • NAID: 40020225091
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Two Kinds of Residents’ Acts of Supplementing Public Welfare Programs (2014)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修道法学 Volume: 36 Pages: 649-677
  • NAID: 40020014200
• [Journal Article] Recent Studies of the Determinants of Welfare Expenditures by Local Governments in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修道法学 Volume: 36 Pages: 203-217
  • NAID: 120005347894
• [Journal Article] Two Views of the Welfare Regime in Japan during and after the 1990 (2013)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修道法学 Volume: 35
  • NAID: 120005301660
• [Journal Article] Recent Studies on Social Networks of the Elderly and of Parents Involved in Child Rearing in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Hiromoto
  • Journal Title: 修道法学 Volume: 35
  • NAID: 120005293239