A Comparative Study on Family Policy in Late-coming Welfare States

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03961
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University (2016-2017); Tokyo Keizai University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Kim Sung-won 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20451875)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 後発福祉国家 / 家族政策 / 雇用保障 / 社会保障 / 東アジア / 韓国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, based on the point of view of "late-coming welfare state" obtained from the study on employment policies and social security policies in East Asian countries so far, we engaged in the following three issues: (1) comparative analysis on the history and present situation of employment policy, social security and family policy, and their relevance, (2) pursuit of further theoretical development of the "late-coming welfare state" theory, (3) searching the task of policy reform in each countries and the possibility of East Asian common social policy with a view to movement of people inside the region.

Free Research Field

福祉社会学