East Asian welfare regimes in transition : from Confucianism to globalisation /
This text puts the spotlight on the Chinese and Sout-East Asian welfare systems, providing and 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.
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: East Asian welfare regimes / Alan Walker, Chack-kie Wong
- Is welfare un-Asian? / Ruby C.M. Chou, Wai Kam Yu
- Social welfare in China / Joe C.B. Leung
- Hong Kong: from familistic to Confucian welfare / Sammy Chiu, Victor Wong
- Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong / Chak Kwan Chan
- The welfare regime in Japan / Makoto Kono
- Taiwan: what kind of social policy regime? / Michael Hill, Yuan-shie Hwang
- The development of the South Korean welfare regime / Sang-hoon Ahn, So-chung Lee
- The welfare regime in Singapore / Vincent Wijeysingha
- Conclusion: from Confucianism to globalisation / Alan Walker, Chack-kie Wong.
