2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Theorizing the Accountability in the Policy Transformation of 'Public - Private' Sphere: The Case of Pension and Healthcare Reform

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530133
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	Sakushin Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	ARAKI HIROSHI 作新学院大学, 経営学部, 教授 (50337424)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	政治学 / 政策研究 / 福祉政策 / アカウンタビリティ
Research Abstract	The research is to analyze the scope and effectiveness of accountability of policy transformation in 'public-private' sphere, by examining pension reforms and healthcare reforms in the UK after 1980s. The pension reforms showed the privatization policy of pensions, reducing the public pension provisions and encouraging the private sector through the regulatory reform and the tax relief policy. In case of healthcare reforms, the market mechanism was introduced into the NHS regimes. The reform delegated the authority into the GP and the sector regulators, and created an opaque and complex network within the NHS regime. Having examined these case studies, this research demonstrated the changing nature and scope of accountability.

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