The Potential of Introducing Basic Income for the “New Public” in Japan: A Road to the Associational Welfare State?

Hiroya Hirano

Chapter Chapter 15 in Basic Income in Japan, 2014, pp 247-261 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The importance of social inclusion has been widely recognized and hotly debated in Japan since the 2000s, as issues like poverty and social exclusion have grown more serious. As far as poverty itself is concerned, Japan faces a more severe challenge than ever, as the latest statistics show that the number of social assistance recipients amounts to more than 2.15 million, an absolute record.1 The scope of social exclusion, often described as “an absence of participation in society” (Iwata 2008) and obviously related to the growth of poverty, forces us to tackle the question of how one can find a place of one’s own in a modern society where social relations have weakened, and people tend to grow apart. This explains why discussions about the “public sphere” or the “civil society” have recently been developing in Japan.

Keywords: Welfare State; Social Exclusion; Liberal Democratic Party; Great East Japan Earthquake; Basic Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137348081_15

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