Childcare Support-Network

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the meaning of the childcare support to municipality and citizen in Tsuzuki-ward in Yokohama with Actor-network theory through the field work. The childcare supporters are affected by social context as well as physical factors and work with relocating actors in social network. The childcare supporters create the misleading image of parent. Because, they simplify the childcare support and restructure the childcare support-network.