Social welfare in East Asia and the Pacific / edited by Sharlene B.C.L. Furuto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furuto, Sharlene Maeda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human services--Asia.

Human services.

Human services--Pacific Area.

Social service--Asia.

Social service.

Social service--Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this singular collection, indigenous experts describe the social welfare systems of fifteen East Asian and Pacific Island nations and locales. Vastly understudied, these lands offer key insight into the successes and failures of western and native approaches to social work, suggesting new directions for practice and research in both local and global contexts.Combining personal and professional knowledge, contributors illuminate the role of history and culture in shaping the social welfare systems of Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR, China), Indonesia, Malaysia, the Micr

Contents:

[ CONTENTS ]; Foreword; Preface; [ 1 ] Overview of Social Welfare in East Asiaand the Pacific: SHARLENE B. C. L. FURUTO; [ 2 ] China's Changing Social Welfare: MINJIE ZHANG; [ 3 ] Understanding Social Welfare in South Korea: JUN SUNG HONG, YOUNG SOOK KIM, NA YOUN LEE, AND JI WOONG HA; [ 4 ] Social Welfare in Hong Kong Colonial Legacy and Challenges for the HKSAR: VENUS TSUI, ALVIN SHIULAIN LEE, AND ERNEST CHUI WING-TAK; [ 5 ] Social Welfare and Social Work Development in Taiwan: LI-JU JANG AND PEI-JEN TSAI

[ 6 ] Social Welfare and Social Work in Thailand: JITTI MONGKOLNCHAIARUNYA AND NUANYAI WATTANAKOON[ 7 ] Social Welfare and Social Work in Indonesia: ADI FAHRUDIN; [ 8 ] The Dynamics of Social Welfare; The Malaysian Experience: AZLINDA AZMAN AND SHARIMA RUWAIDA ABBAS; [ 9 ] Social Work for a Sustainable Micronesian Region: VIVIAN DAMES, JOLIENE HASUGULAYAG, LISALINDA NATIVIDAD, AND GERHARD SCHWAB; [ 10 ] Social Welfare in the Samoan Islands; A Comparison of Two Models: KENNETH E. GALEA'I; [ 11 ] Cambodia; Social Welfare Renewed: THY NAROEUN, AMMON PADEKEN, AND SHARLENE B. C. L. FURUTO

[ 12 ] Social Welfare Contrasted in East Asiaand the Pacific: SHARLENE B. C. L. FURUTO[ APPENDIX ] Human Development Index Rankings, 2010; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231530989

0231530986

OCLC:

826997369