2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Re-commodification and de-commodification: a framework for comparative analysis of the political conflicts in the welfare state reforms
| Project/Area Number |
22730113
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA TAKUJI 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 准教授 (20333586)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
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| Keywords | 脱商品化 / 再商品化 / 福祉国家 / 社会運動 / 自由選択 / 社会的排除 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study shows that two trends of welfare state reforms struggle with each other in the developed countries: re-commodification and de-commodification. Re-commodification refers to welfare policies as "social investment" that develop citizen's employability. De-commodification refers to welfare policies that emphasize individual's freedom in terms of work style, family style, work-life balance, and interpretation of his or her own identity. The orientation of welfare state reforms is defined by political influences of the social movements rather than left/right partisanship of the government party.
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