Social Policy and Labor Studies
Online ISSN : 2433-2984
Print ISSN : 1883-1850
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Co―production and Cooperatives in Post―Welfare States
: Establishing Users’ Sovereignty in Welfare Service Provision
Tomoko ODAMAKI
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2016 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 165-178

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The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of co―production in new cooperatives, and to demonstrate that the cooperatives are efficient welfare service providers. Previous research has defined the concept of co―production as enhancement of the quality and/or quantity of services for users through voluntary efforts at public service provision by professionals and citizen users. This paper begins by analyzing the various concepts of co―production used by previous researchers and explains differences in acceptance of the concept in Western countries and Japan. Second, the paper depicts Swedish parent cooperative pre―schools as typical cases and Japanese health care and welfare cooperatives as new cases of co―production. Finally, this paper concludes that co―production is a service provision system in post―welfare states that realizes users’ sovereignty with support from professionals and governments.

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