Asian Social Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia

   Edited by Amrita Daniere, Hy Van Luong

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore

   Making Future Citizens

   By Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52

   Alien Prescriptions?

   By Christopher Aldous, Akihito Suzuki

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Whilst most facets of the Occupation of Japan have attracted much scholarly debate in recent decades, this is not the case with reforms relating to public health. The few studies of this subject largely follow the celebratory account of US-inspired advances, strongly associated with Crawford Sams,...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
4. Non-discrimination and Equality in India

   Contesting Boundaries of Social Justice

   By Vidhu Verma

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Social Justice is a concept familiar to most Indians but one whose meaning is not always understood as it signifies a variety of government strategies designed to enhance opportunities for underprivileged groups. By tracing the trajectory of social justice from the colonial period to the present,...

   Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
5. Science, Public Health and the State in Modern Asia

   Edited by Liping Bu, Darwin H. Stapleton, Ka-Che Yip

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book examines the encounter between western and Asian models of public health and medicine in a range of East and Southeast Asian countries over the course of the twentieth century until now. It discusses the transfer of scientific knowledge of medicine and public health approaches from Europe...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
6. Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India

   The Role of Reform and Partnerships in Globalization

   By Govind Gopakumar

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   The absence of water supply infrastructure is a critical issue that affects the sustainability of cities in the developing world and the quality of life of millions of people living in these cities. Urban India has probably the largest concentration of people in the world lacking safe access to...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Welfare Reform in East Asia

   Towards Workfare

   Edited by Chak Kwan Chan, Kinglun Ngok

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   In many Western countries, social welfare payments are increasingly being made conditional on recipients doing voluntary work or attending job training courses, a system known as "welfare-to-work" or "workfare". Although social welfare in Asia is very different to the West, with much smaller social...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge