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The East Asian welfare model : welfare Orientalism and the state / edited by Roger Goodman, Gordon White, and Huck-ju Kwon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ESRC Pacific Asia Programme (Series)
- ESRC Pacific Asia Programme
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--East Asia.
- Public welfare.
- Human services--East Asia.
- Human services.
- Economic security--East Asia.
- Economic security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offers the first broad-ranging study of the development and implementation of various welfare systems in East Asia, unfolding the reality behind the rhetoric in this important area.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Gordon White 1942…1988; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; 1 Welfare Orientalism and the search for an East Asian welfare model; 2 Democracy and the politics of social welfare; 3 Welfare and governance; 4 The South Korean National Pension Programme; 5 Can we afford it?; 6 The Japanese-style welfare state' and the delivery of personal social services; 7 The making of social policy in Hong Kong; 8 Social security reforms in China; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-69289-7
- 1-134-69290-0
- 1-282-77741-6
- 9786612777417
- 0-203-01916-4
- 9780203019160
- OCLC:
- 57071185
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