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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451140503321

Titolo

East Asian welfare regimes in transition : From Confucianism to globalisation / / edited by Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4473-0216-8

1-281-15952-2

9786611159528

1-84742-124-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

361.650951

Soggetti

Welfare state

Public welfare

Welfare state - East Asia

Public welfare - East Asia

Electronic books.

East Asia

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

Cover; EAST ASIAN WELFARE REGIMES IN TRANSITION: From Confucianism to globalisation - Edited by Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface; List of acronyms; List of contributors; Part 1 - Welfare in East Asia; ONE - Introduction: East Asian welfare regimes; TWO - Is welfare unAsian?; Part 2 - The East Asian welfare regimes; THREE - Social welfare in China; FOUR - Hong Kong: from familistic to Confucian welfare; FIVE - Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong; SIX - The welfare regime in Japan; SEVEN - Taiwan: what kind of social policy regime?

EIGHT - The development of the South Korean welfare regimeNINE - The welfare regime in Singapore; TEN - Conclusion: from Confucianism to globalisation; Index; Also available from The Policy Press

Sommario/riassunto

This book puts the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian



welfare systems, providing an 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. As well as specific country case studies, there is a valuable comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states.