Abstract
This work details the path dependency of the current system of the Support for the Self-Reliance of Needy Persons （SSNP） of three municipalities in Osaka Prefecture at the actor level. The minutes of city council meetings and detailed budget explanations over 20 years were analyzed. “Local Employment Support for People with Difficulties,” “Job Placement Service by Municipality,” “Personal Support,” and “persons with various life difficulties” were entered into each city’s search system, and the exchanges at the general meetings, standing committees, and budget and accounting committees were interpreted.
The findings are as follows : ⑴ Cooperation between the Department of the SSNP and the department（s） responsible for labor can be classified into “parallel type” and “collaboration type.” ⑵ The current system of the SSNP was formed amid differentiation and functional connection with related and similar projects that each municipality had implemented before its launch. The underlying issue of gaining legitimacy of the policies was the generalization of the Local Employment Support for People with Difficulties, which has an “anti-discrimination and human rights policy legacy,” related with procedural transparency.
