The political strategy of public spending on services for families in France

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25885001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: CHIDA Wataru 北海道大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 助教 (80706747)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 福祉国家 / 家族政策 / フランス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aims at explaining the political strategy of public spending on services for families in France. The Government of French Republic has provided the different types of childcare services (for example, childminder, nursery, babysitter, and childcare leave). And then, the term “free choice” promotes the diversity of childcare services. This project shows that the factors influencing this political strategy of “free choice” are the decentralization, a small increase of nursery, and a rapid increase of childminder.

Free Research Field

比較政治