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The crisis of welfare in East Asia / edited by James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--East Asia.
- Public welfare.
- East Asia--Social policy.
- East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that over-emphasizes the influence of work and family.
- Contents:
- Deciphering productivism and developmentalism in East Asian social welfare / James Lee
- Emerging issues in developmental welfarism in Singapore / Beng Huat Chua
- Ageing population in East Asia : impacts on social protection and social policy reforms in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan / Chyong Fang Ko, Kyeung Mi Oh, Tetsuo Ogawa
- Change and inertia in housing policy : Japanese housing system during economic crisis / Connie Pui Yee Tang
- Globalization, regime transformation, and social policy development in Taiwan / Wan I. Lin, Wen-Chi Grace Chou
- The crisis of social security financing in Hong Kong / Raymond Man Hung Ngan
- Age discrimination in the labour market : barriers to active ageing in Hong Kong / Raymond Man Hung Ngan, Ping Kwong Kam & Jacky Chau Kiu Cheung
- Contradictions of welfare and the market : the case of Hong Kong / Sam Wai Kam Yu
- Managing the SARS crisis in Hong Kong : reviving the economy or reconstructing a healthy society / Kam Wah Chan, Lai-ching Leung
- Between idealism and realism : the evolution of full employment policy in China / Ho Lup Fung
- The coming housing crisis of China / Ya Peng Zhu, James Lee
- Concluding observations: Is there a crisis of welfare in East Asia? / Kam Wah Chan.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-32716-5
- 1-282-71324-8
- 9786612713248
- 0-7391-4666-1
- OCLC:
- 670121363
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