Social security policy in Hong Kong [[electronic resource] ] : from British colony to China's special administrative region / / Chak Kwan Chan

• Autore: Chan Chak Kwan
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.95125
• Soggetto topico: Social security - China - Hong Kong; Public welfare - China - Hong Kong
• Soggetto geografico: Hong Kong (China) Social policy; Hong Kong (China) Economic policy; China Social policy; China Economic policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Hong Kong social policy & Chinese welfare ideologies -- Co-optive politics & welfare constraints -- Legitimacy & Chinese welfare ideologies -- Traditional Chinese welfare ideologies -- Social security & Chinese welfare ideologies before 1945 -- Social security & Chinese welfare ideologies: 1945-1967 -- Social security & Chinese welfare ideologies: 1968-1997 -- Postcolonial polity & welfare approach -- Postcolonial social security & Chinese welfare ideologies -- Chinese welfare ideologies & Hong Kong's capitalism.
• Sommario/riassunto: Social Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, is the first book which systematically examines Hong Kong's social security policies across a period of 170 years. In particular, Chan analyses how Hong Kong, the world's freest economy, has maintained its small government by manipulating Chinese welfare ideologies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social security policy in Hong Kong
• ISBN: 0-7391-4956-3; 1-299-05582-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779469303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II