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Informationen zum Autor James Lee is professor and head of the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. James Midgley is Harry and Riva Specht Professor and dean emeritus of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Yapeng Zhu is associate director at the Institute for Social Policy and associate professor in the School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University. Klappentext Social Policy and Change in East Asia examines the current state of social policy and social development in East Asia and argues that these two domains should be integrated in order to improve social welfare. This book distinguishes itself by avoiding a Eurocentric approach to social policy analysis, focusing instead on the relationship between institution and development. Social Policy and Change in East Asia, edited by James Midgley, James Lee, and Yapeng Zhu, is one of the most recent scholarly works on critical social policy and social development issues covering three key East Asian countries, namely China, South Korea, and Taiwan, and the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong. Much meticulous effort has been put into collating fresh data and information on the social changes facing the respective countries. Various insightful analyses have been undertaken by the authors to present a classic picture of the changing social policy and social development landscapes of the major Asian region. Many relevant areas such as asset building, social security and insurance, housing, healthcare, financial meltdown, labor condition, and corporate governance, which have bearing on social and economic lives of the people in the respective countries, are vividly presented. The monograph is worthy of reading by students, academics, researchers, policy makers, and people who are interested in the social, economic, and political developments of the major East Asian region. -- S. Vasoo, National University of Singapore Zusammenfassung Social Policy and Change in East Asia examines the current state of social policy and social development in East Asia and argues that these two domains should be integrated in order to improve social welfare. This book distinguishes itself by avoiding a Eurocentric approach to social policy analysis! focusing instead on the relationship between institution and development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Change and Social Policy in East Asia James Midgley, James Lee & Yapeng ZhuChapter 1: Economic Turbulence and Social Welfare: Social Policy and Social Development PerspectivesJames MidgleyChapter 2: Gender, Social Security and Citizenship: Experiences in Four East Asian CitiesKam-wah Chan, Patricia Kennett & Lucille Lok-sun NganChapter 3: Risk Governance in Financial Tsunami in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Raymond Man-hung NganChapter 4: Financial Crisis and Institutional Response in the Reconstruction of China's Social Welfare System - Keqing HanChapter 5: Towards Integrated Healthcare for Migrants in Mainland China Qiaobing Wu & Kai LiuChapter 6: Economic Crisis and Housing Policy Development in ChinaYapeng ZhuChapter 7: Maintaining Power or Maintaining the Law: How Corporate Social Responsibility with Chinese Characteristics Challenges Traditional Western Model?Heidi ReedChapter 8: The Legitimacy Crisis of the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme in Hong Kong Kim-wah ChungChapter 9: Housing Policy and Asset Building: Exploring the Role of Home Ownership in East Asian Social PolicyJames LeeBibliography...
