2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Gender Analyses of Livelihood Security Systems : Faces of Social Exclusion in Coordinated Market Economies
| Project/Area Number |
19201055
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Gender
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
OSAWA Mari The University of Tokyo, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (50143524)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | ジェンダー / 社会政策 / 生活保障システム |
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| Research Abstract |
This study clarified through comparative gender analysis that the stagnation of economy and the spread of poverty and social exclusion in Japan were caused by its livelihood security system, which is most strongly "male breadwinner" oriented among major countries, and has reached an impasse. It has also been found that dysfunction or reverse function of livelihood security systems in Japan and the United States are in the background of the current financial and economic crisis. This study offers implications for policy formation to combat economic and societal deterioration, and a new perspective to recently developing studies of global social policy.
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