A comparative research on the social welfare in Finland and Japan -- mainly on child care support policy

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  • フィンランドと日本の社会福祉に関する比較研究　次世代子育て支援政策を中心として
  • フィンランド ト ニホン ノ シャカイ フクシ ニ カンスル ヒカク ケンキュウ : ジセダイ コソダテ シエン セイサク オ チュウシン ト シテ

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In this paper, the author propose some child care support policies which should be introduced in Japan by comparing the social welfare of Finland and that of Japan in both historical and constitutional perspectives. In Finland, the social welfare of any kind has been intended to restore and/or enhance individual’s ability of social engagement and independence supported basically by the Finnish Constitution. In Japan, on the other hand, the policy has been considered as that for the physically and/or economically weak, which is reflected in the Japanese Constitution. Thus it has not had such consistent and positive attitudes towards its recipients as those in the Finnish welfare policy. These attitudes, therefore, should be purposefully introduced into Japanese child care policies if it intends to foster independent and dutiful children in a democratic society. In this context, child-rearing in a traditional community of Japan also gives us suggestions of much value.

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