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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449756903321

Titolo

The East Asian welfare model : welfare Orientalism and the state / / edited by Roger Goodman, Gordon White, and Huck-ju Kwon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-69290-0

1-282-77741-6

9786612777417

0-203-01916-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

ESRC Pacific Asia Programme

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodmanRoger <1960->

WhiteGordon <1942->

KwonHuck-ju

Disciplina

361.95

Soggetti

Public welfare - East Asia

Human services - East Asia

Economic security - East Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Gordon White 1942…1988; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; 1 Welfare Orientalism and the search for an East Asian welfare model; 2 Democracy and the politics of social welfare; 3 Welfare and governance; 4 The South Korean National Pension Programme; 5 Can we afford it?; 6 The Japanese-style welfare state' and the delivery of personal social services; 7 The making of social policy in Hong Kong; 8 Social security reforms in China; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.