The Purpose and Analytic Framework of “the Research on Clients of Toyonaka City”

Abstract

This paper refers to the overall elucidation issues, pre-existing research, analytic framework, data/methods, and some points of discussion as the introduction of the entire small edition. The tentative answers to the major questions of this edition are as follows. ⑴ Clients of Toyonaka City are having difficulty achieving well-being owning to any reason, at least from an objective viewpoint, need to reorganize their awareness of the self and society, the values they should have, and the way they live their lives. ⑵ When the services provided by Toyonaka City are perceived as “appropriate, equitable and respectful encounters” ［Lipsky, 2010, 193］, even if the problem is not necessarily resolved, ⒜ the client may experience “modest well-being.” This finding means that it proves the importance of “accompanied support” ［Okuda and Harada eds., 2021］ from the client side. ⒝ The services may be an experience for clients to obtain “institutional weak ties,” which is important because it means possessing “public （administrative） assets” ［Miyamoto, 2021］.