Devolution and privatization proceed and centralized system maintained: A twisted reality faced by Japanese nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 430-452

  Suda, Yuko ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Devolution; Government private relationship; Japan; Long term care insurance system; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746673177     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006287485     Document Type: Article

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