1st Edition
Social Policy in East and Southeast Asia Education, Health, Housing and Income Maintenance
By M. Ramesh
Copyright 2004
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social Policy in East and South East Asia provides the first systematic comparison of the policy sectors of income maintenance, health, housing and education in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. It focuses particularly on the provision and financing arrangements of these four Asian newly industrialized economies and their outcomes in terms of adequacy, efficiency and equity, drawing... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Socio-Economic Background 3. Income Maintenance 4. Health 5. Housing 6. Education 7. Conclusion
Biography
M. Ramesh is Senior Fellow in the Public Policy Program at the National University of Singapore and Associate Professor (on leave) in Government the University of Sydney.
'This must now be the best source for an account of social policy within Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.' - Social Policy
'Those who are interested in East Asian studies and comparative social policy studies in East Asia should read this book.' - Ka Ho Mok, University of Bristol, in Political Studies Review
