1st Edition
Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China Welfare Regimes in Transition
264 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in increased welfare demands which governments, organizations and agencies across the region have had to... Read more
1. Introduction: The Search for New Social Policy Paradigm? Managing Changing Social Expectations and Welfare Regimes in Transition in Greater China, Ka-Ho Mok and Maggie Lau 2. After the Regional and Global Financial Crises: Social Development Challenges and Social Policy Responses in Hong Kong and Macau, Ka-Ho Mok and M. Ramesh 3. Welfare Restructuring and Social (In)equity across Generations in Hong Kong, Maggie Lau 4. Financial Tsunami, Economic Insecurity and Social Protection: The Case of Hong Kong, Kim-Ming Lee and Kam-Yee Law 5. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Taiwan: From Authoritarianism to Democratic Governance, Yeun-wen Ku 6. Bringing the State Back In: The Developments of Chinese Social Policy in China since 2003, Kinglun Ngok 7. Social Policy in the Macao Special Administrative Region of China: A Case of Regulatory Welfare Regime, Dicky W.L. Lai 8. Old Age Care Concerns and State-Society Relations in China: Public Anxiety and State Paternalism, Chen, L.J. and Yang, D.L. 9. Challenges Confronting the Taiwan Goverment in Welfare Provision, YW Ku 10. Public-Private Pension Mix and Its Governance: Japan and Taiwan Compared, Chung-Yang Yeh and Shih-Jiunn Shi 11. Fiscal reform, Decentralization and Poverty Alleviation in the Context of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, Yeoh, K.K., Ling, Y.P.and Fan P.S. 12. Conclusion: Analyzing the Productvist Dimensions of Welfare: Looking beyond Greater China, John Hudson and Stefan Kühner
Biography
Ka Ho Mok is Chair Professor in Comparative Policy and Vice President (Research & Development) of The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Maggie Lau is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy of the City University of Hong Kong.
