Welfare Reform in East Asia - Towards Workfare

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how social welfare in handled in leading East Asian countries, analysing current trends, explaining the social and political background driving reform, describing new programmes and assessing their effectiveness.

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction 1. Understanding Workfare in Western and East Asian Welfare States Part 2: Workfare in Seven East Asian Economies 2. Workfare in Mainland China: A Reaction to Welfare Dependency? 3. Workfare in Hong Kong 4. From Workfare to Cash for All: The Politics of Welfare Reform in Macau 5. Workfare in Taiwan: From Social Assistance to Unemployment Absorber 6. Workfare in Japan 7. Workfare in South Korea: Delivering Unemployment Benefits in the Developmental Welfare State 8. Workfare in Singapore Part 3: Conclusion 9. Workfare in East Asia: Development & Characteristics

About the author

Chak Kwan Chan is Reader in Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Kinglun Ngok is Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Policy, Centre for Public Administration, School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University, China. They recently co-authored Social Policy in China: Development and Well-Being.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how social welfare in handled in leading East Asian countries, analysing current trends, explaining the social and political background driving reform, describing new programmes and assessing their effectiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Chak Ngok Kwan Chan
• Assisted by: Chak Kwan Chan (Editor), Kinglun Ngok (Editor), Ngok Kinglun (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415728379
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72837-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General