International Journal of Public Affairs

The International Journal of Public Affairs

Vol.1 2005

Preface(Yoshinori Hiroi)

Part 1: Introduction of 21st Century COE Programme, 'Studies on Public Affairs for Sustainable Welfare Society' promoted by Chiba University

For the Realization of a Sustainable Welfare Society: The 21st Century COE Programme, "Studies on Public Affairs for Sustainable Welfare Society"(Yoshinori Hiroi )

Three Interactive Sections for making Sustainable Welfare Society come true (Hidefumi Kurasaka, Masaya Kobayashi, Akihiko Amemiya)

Part 2: Quest for an Asian Welfare Network : towards Sustainable Welfare Society in Asia

Japan's Experience in Social Security: Evaluations from Perspectives of Economic Development and Asian Welfare States (Yoshinori Hiroi)

Part 3: The Elan Vital of the Community: Individuals as Citizens

Voluntarism keeps Society Sustainable: In the Age of Border-Free Diversity(Akiko Okabe)

Baltic Sea Region: Borders, Identities, Sharing and Caring(Jussi S. Jauhiainen)

The Sustainability Chain: Looking at a City from the Viewpoint of Human Needs(Enric Tello)

Sustainability and Local Community Services(Hidefumi Kurasaka)

Cooperative and Participatory Spatial Planning in Hungary(Elisabeth Vajdovich Visy)

Local Currency in the Social Economy (Stewart A Noble)

People to People Exchange between the Citizens of the EU and Japan(Victor Ugarte)

Part 4: A Comparative Perspective for Sustainable Welfare Society: Visions from Sweden

Social Security in Sweden -Some Tendencies [in Swedish] (Per Gunnar Edebalk)

Specialisation of Needs Assessment Procedures - The Diffusion of a New Organizational Reform in Swedish Elderly Care [in Swedish](Staffan Blomberg)

Comparison of Welfare Policy for the Aged between Sweden and Japan(Yoko Tada)