The East Asian Welfare Model
Title | The East Asian Welfare Model PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Goodman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2006-12-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134692900 |
For many politicians and observers in the West, East Asia has provided a broad range of positive images of the state's intervention in society. Neoliberals grew excited by popular welfare systems that cost little in expenditure and bureaucracy. Social-democrats thought they had found a model for social cohesion and equality. In fact the reality in East Asia is rather different from these stereotypes. In this book six specialists of six different societies in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Hong Kong) examine the role of the state in their welfare systems. There are detailed case studies on pensions, health insurance, housing and personal social services. They provide an up-to-date detailed account of how these systems have developed as well as an examination of the question of whether these welfare regimes are the natural outgrowth of cultural traditions or the result of economic and political conditions. This broad-ranging and detailed study will be welcomed by both students and policy makers as the first proper academic study in English to have such a wide coverage of this topic. Its clarity and authority should come as a welcome alternative to the more common misconceptions about Asian society.
East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition
Title | East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Walker, Alan |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2005-03-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1861345526 |
This book explores the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, providing an up-to-date assessment of their character and development. In particular it examines their underlying assumptions and the impact of the processes of globalisation. As well as specific case studies, there is a comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states.
The Emergence of the East Asian Welfare State
Title | The Emergence of the East Asian Welfare State PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Haufe |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2007-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3638717976 |
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: 1,7, http: //www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut f r Soziologie), 69 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This work analyses the specific structural characteristics and development specialities of East Asian welfare states. In a historical, qualitative and quantitative comparison of welfare development in East Asia and Southern Europe the East Asian "tigers" (despite all intraregional differences) are described as 'welfare societies without welfare state', The decisive foundation of this kind of welfarism is a "Confucian productivism".
Welfare Capitalism in East Asia
Title | Welfare Capitalism in East Asia PDF eBook |
Author | I. Holliday |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 207 |
Release | 2003-09-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230597564 |
Social Policy has been a key dimension of dynamic economic growth in East Asia's 'little tigers' and is also a prominent strand of their responses to the financial crisis of the late 1990s. This systematic comparative analysis of social policy in the region focuses on the key sectors of education, health, housing and social security. It sets these sectoral analyses in wider contexts of debates about developmental states, the East Asian welfare model and globalization.
East Asian welfare regimes in transition
Title | East Asian welfare regimes in transition PDF eBook |
Author | Walker, Alan |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2005-03-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1847421245 |
Eastern welfare systems have largely been neglected by Western social policy. There is very little information in the West about their operation and the differences between them. Yet, as China and South-East Asia emerge as a major regional economic block, it is vital to understand the social models that are in operation there and how they are developing. This book puts the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, providing an up-to-date assessment of their character and development. In particular it examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalisation are impacting on them. As well as specific country case studies, there is a valuable comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states. The book provides a unique insight into the main South-East Asian welfare systems written by experts living and working within them. It focuses on 'Confucianism' and globalisation to provide an account of tradition and change within the South-East Asian cultural context. Eastern welfare states in transition will be essential reading for students of social policy requiring an understanding of non-Western welfare systems. Policy makers and practitioners who are interested in how Eastern welfare systems are adapting to globalisation will also find it an important read.
New Welfare States in East Asia
Title | New Welfare States in East Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Gyu-Jin Hwang |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1849807531 |
The fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the 'standard welfare states' in the West. This book examines whether these challenges also apply to the countries in the East, whether these countries have generated different responses to their Western counterparts, and whether they have undergone a process of regime transformation while responding to these pressures. Comparative in approach, this book offers lively discussion on the new social challenges faced in East Asia following the unprecedented scale of the recent global financial crisis. It reaches beyond policy descriptions to offer more systematic analyses of welfare restructuring in the region in relation to the fast changing global economic order. By examining the dynamics of welfare state restructuring both in terms of continuity and change, it explores intensified impacts of global restructuring of welfare and the nature of welfare state adaptation in the region.
The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia
Title | The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia PDF eBook |
Author | James Lee |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2010-06-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0739146661 |
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.