The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lee, James; Chan, Kam-Wah

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan bring together authors from different social policy domains to provide an updated assessment of inadequacies and limitations in current social policies as well as the problematic theories guiding them. The authors demystify the so-called "East Asian Welfare Model" and reengage themselves in the identification of an appropriate welfare ideology, which includes a selective integration of social policy and economic development. The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia is a dynamic and enlightening read that will interest students of public policy and those interested in welfare capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216327165
• Artikelnr.: 75138876

Autorenporträt

James Lee is associate professor at the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong. Kam-wah Chan is associate professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Deciphering Productivism and Developmentalism in East Asian
Social Welfare
Chapter 2 Emerging Issues in Developmental Welfarism in Singapore
Chapter 3 Ageing Population in East Asia: Impacts on Social Protection and
Social Policy Reforms in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Chapter 4 Change and Inertia in Housing Policy: Japanese Housing System
during Economic Crisis
Chapter 5 Globalization, Regime Transformation, and Social Policy
Development in Taiwan
Chapter 6 The Crisis of Social Security Financing in Hong Kong
Chapter 7 Age Discrimination in the Labour Market: Barriers to Active
Ageing in Hong Kong
Chapter 8 Contradictions of Welfare and the Market: The Case of Hong Kong
Chapter 9 Managing the SARS Crisis in Hong Kong: Reviving the Economy or
Reconstructing a Healthy Society
Chapter 10 Between Idealism and Realism: The Evolution of Full Employment
Policy in China
Chapter 11 The Coming Housing Crisis of China
Chapter 12 Concluding Observations: Is there a Crisis of Welfare in East
Asia?