両大戦間期イギリスにおける労働と福祉について : 国民健康保険制度の運営実態分析を中心に

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  • Labour and Welfare in Interwar Britain: An Analysis of the Administration of National Health Insurance
  • リョウ タイセン カンキ イギリス ニ オケル ロウドウ ト フクシ ニ ツイテ : コクミン ケンコウ ホケン セイド ノ ウンエイ ジッタイ ブンセキ オ チュウシン ニ

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National Health Insurance (1911-48) had distinguishing feature in its administration. 'Approved societies', i.e. not governmental but private organisations, played a pivotal role in collecting contributions and providing benefits. Scrutinising the administrative process shows the complex and paradoxical realities. First, approved societies fell into 'not governmental bureaucracy' (G.Gibbon), although they were expected to be autonomous organisations run by insured persons themselves. The reality was far from the ideal. Secondly, however, the attitudes of the societies towards autonomy also varied widely. They were different from society to society. While the affiliated order had a keen interest in keeping autonomy, centralised societies did not necessarily put highest priority on their self-government. Their diversities led to a unique dynamism of NHI administration, which could not be summarised in one word of 'bureaucracy'. Lastly, the surplus of NHI funds, resulting from the inadequate benefits, functioned paradoxically as a safety net against the interwar crisis. The surplus contributed to provide workers for resources of surviving high unemployment or general strike in those years, which was not negligible amount. What influences NHI brought about to workers' lives could not be grasped without paying enough attention to the complicated and diversified realities of its administration through approved societies.

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  • 経済科学

    経済科学 60 (3), 181-198, 2013-03-25

    名古屋大学大学院経済学研究科

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