"Hyphenated Society" Reexamined : The Contemporary Relevance of T. H. Marshall

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  • 「ハイフン連結社会」論再考 : T.H.マーシャルの現代的意義
  • ハイフン レンケツ シャカイロン サイコウ T H マーシャル ノ ゲンダイテキ イギ

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This article argues the contemporary relevance of T. H. Marshall by reexamining his writings, "Value problems of Welfare Capitalism" and its "Afterthought", which are collectively called "Hyphenated Society". The article consists of two parts. Firstly, it attempts to reinterpret "Hyphenated Society" in the light of the social systems approach, and examines the validity of existing criticisms against Marshall. Secondly, with the analytical framework used in "Hyphenated Society", it examines the transformation of the relationship between the economy and the welfare sector from the 1980s onwards. In conclusion, "Hyphenated Society" is newly interpreted as an argument over processes of making structural problems acceptable through one's value preference in a specific social system. This means that the existing criticisms are not valid. And in the recent social context, because the relationship between the economy and the welfare sector has been changed and complicated structurally, it turns to be dysfunctional. Therefore value problems are becoming critical for the present social system. In this point, T. H. Marshall and his writings have great relevance even today.

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