The East Asian Welfare Model - Welfare Orientalism and the State

Offers the first broad-ranging study of the development and implementation of various welfare systems in East Asia, unfolding the reality behind the rhetoric in this important area.

List of contents

PART I An overview of the study 1 Welfare Orientalism and the search for an East Asian welfare model PART II An overview of East Asian welfare systems 2 Democracy and the politics of social welfare: a comparative analysis of welfare systems in East Asia PART III Country case studies 3 Welfare and governance: public housing under Singapore’s party-state 4 The South Korean National Pension Programme: fulfilling its promise? 5 Can we afford it? The development of National Health Insurance in Taiwan 6 The ‘Japanese-style welfare state’ and the delivery of personal social services 7 The making of social policy in Hong Kong: social welfare development in the 1980s and 1990s 8 Social security reforms in China: towards an East Asian model?

About the author

Roger Goodman is a Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of Japan and Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. Gordon White, who died suddenly on 1 April 1998, was Professorial Fellow in Politics and Development Studies, University of Sussex. Huck-ju Kwon is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.

Summary

Offers the first broad-ranging study of the development and implementation of various welfare systems in East Asia, unfolding the reality behind the rhetoric in this important area.

Product details

• Assisted by: Roger Goodman (Editor), Goodman Roger (Editor), Huck-Ju Kwon (Editor), Gordon White (Editor), White Gordon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.1998
• EAN: 9780415172103
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17210-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 570 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Politics and government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General