LEADER 02725nam 2200541 450 001 9910459596703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-8313-09-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000307384 035 $a(EBL)1863701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1863701 035 $a(OCoLC)933561176 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42306 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1863701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10991749 035 $a(OCoLC)897069797 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000307384 100 $a20141205h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPoverty in the midst of affluence $ehow Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity /$fLeo F. Goodstadt 205 $aRevised edition. 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHKU Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a988-8208-22-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction : pain, panic and poverty -- Crisis economics : private profits, public pain -- The business of government : less politics, no welfare -- Housing : unending crisis -- Social reforms : too little, too late -- Social reforms : the new poverty -- The undeserving poor -- An absence of advocates : how the 'welfare' lobby lost its voice -- Conclusions : history repeats itself. 330 $aHong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education has become more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistaken consensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a 'new poverty' in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises. 606 $aPoverty$zChina$zHong Kong 606 $aCost and standard of living$zChina$zHong Kong 607 $aHong Kong (China)$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aCost and standard of living 676 $a330.95125 700 $aGoodstadt$b Leo F.$01030132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459596703321 996 $aPoverty in the midst of affluence$92446916 997 $aUNINA