1. Welfare society is the ideal of administrative state. The decision procedure of welfare policy is, therefore, an important part of the power structure in the administrative state.
2. A historical review of the changes in the welfare policies since...
1. Welfare society is the ideal of administrative state. The decision procedure of welfare policy is, therefore, an important part of the power structure in the administrative state.
2. A historical review of the changes in the welfare policies since the 17th century in the United Kingdom and the United States of America reveals that the society with more opportunities and less conflicts tends to feature individualism and the society with the opposite characteristic does collectivism
3. In 1970s the crisis of welfare state was seen in several western countries, where one particular class, whether conservative or liberal, monopolized the decision-making of welfare policies.
4. On the contrary, facing the world-wide economic depression in 1970s, a few countries such as Austria and Sweden could maintain welfare expenditures on the relatively sound economic basis. It was possible because the structure of decision-making on the welfare policies was consistent with corporatism.
5. We found, in the conclusion, that the decisions on the welfare policies in the industrial countries with more conflicts and less opportunities should be made through corporative partnership.