Changing Relationships Between Nonprofit and For-profit Human Service Organizations Under the Long-Term Care System in Japan

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ID12250263
AuthorsYuko Suda (0000-0003-1423-4388, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue5
Pages1235-1261
Publication date2014-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVoluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11266-014-9439-0
OpenAlexW2010292426
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

In Japan, a nonprofit organization system enacted in the late 1990s and the later introduction of privatization policies in human services were expected to overturn government dominance of nonprofit organization activities. By focusing on the long-term care insurance (LTCI) system, which privatized public human services for the first time in the country, this study empirically examines whether, and to what extent, nonprofit–government relationships in Japan have actually changed as a result of this new system. In addition, because LTCI newly allows for-profit organizations to provide services, the influence of such organizations were incorporated into the analysis. The outcomes of this study demonstrate that the government continues to extend its sphere of influence over nonprofit and for-profit organizations through LTCI. In addition, for-profit organizations appear to be more successful than nonprofit organizations, in that the former organizations have overcome their lack of experience as public service providers by taking over the roles that nonprofit organizations have traditionally occupied

Business · Dominance (genetics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Human services · Long-term care · Nonprofit organization · Nonprofit Sector · Political science · Public relations · Public service · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Nursing · Marketing

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