Citizen participation in the elderly welfare services of Finland: either withdrawal from universalism or decentralization

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380727
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Tsuru University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Satomi 都留文科大学, 文学部, 教授 (00300129)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: フィンランド / 住民参加 / 近隣民主主義 / 地区委員会 / 社会福祉サービス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the process of the structural reform of local government and services in Finland which is under the pressure of urbanization, aging and the financial deterioration. By the strong leadership of the government, Finland had built a universalistic Nordic welfare state. Then has been gradually promoting decentralization. This study clarifies the efforts of local government, taking up the city of Rovaniemi, which is located in northern Finland and has the population of 60,000, and the city of Turku, which is located along the southwest coast and has the population of 180,000. Each local government provides services to the citizen in accordance with the difference of the resource including different forms of citizen's participation.

Free Research Field

社会学