KOICHI USAMI has been studying on social policies and welfare states in Latina America and Asia. His major works are: Comparative Study of Social Security Systems in Asia and Latin America: A Contribution to the Study of Emerging Welfare State' in The Developing Economies, Vol. XLII No. 2, 2004; 'Latin American Social Security Reform in the 1990s' (Junji Nakagawa ed.) Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy (London: Routledge, 2006).

• Introduction Labor and Social Security Reforms in Mexico: From the Perspective of State-Labor Relationships Re-thinking Argentina's Labor and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa The Impact of the Transformation of Labor Relations on Social-Security System Reform in the People's Republic of China: The Growing Allure and Reality of Corporatism The Tripartite Relationship and Social Policy in Taiwan: Searching for a New Corporatism? Labor and Welfare for an Advanced Economy in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Mix of Universalism and Neo-liberalism

KOICHI USAMI has been studying on social policies and welfare states in Latina America and Asia. His major works are: Comparative Study of Social Security Systems in Asia and Latin America: A Contribution to the Study of Emerging Welfare State' in The Developing Economies, Vol. XLII No. 2, 2004; 'Latin American Social Security Reform in the 1990s' (Junji Nakagawa ed.) Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy (London: Routledge, 2006).

• Introduction Labor and Social Security Reforms in Mexico: From the Perspective of State-Labor Relationships Re-thinking Argentina's Labor and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa The Impact of the Transformation of Labor Relations on Social-Security System Reform in the People's Republic of China: The Growing Allure and Reality of Corporatism The Tripartite Relationship and Social Policy in Taiwan: Searching for a New Corporatism? Labor and Welfare for an Advanced Economy in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Mix of Universalism and Neo-liberalism

KOICHI USAMI has been studying on social policies and welfare states in Latina America and Asia. His major works are: Comparative Study of Social Security Systems in Asia and Latin America: A Contribution to the Study of Emerging Welfare State' in The Developing Economies, Vol. XLII No. 2, 2004; 'Latin American Social Security Reform in the 1990s' (Junji Nakagawa ed.) Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy (London: Routledge, 2006).

• Introduction Labor and Social Security Reforms in Mexico: From the Perspective of State-Labor Relationships Re-thinking Argentina's Labor and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa The Impact of the Transformation of Labor Relations on Social-Security System Reform in the People's Republic of China: The Growing Allure and Reality of Corporatism The Tripartite Relationship and Social Policy in Taiwan: Searching for a New Corporatism? Labor and Welfare for an Advanced Economy in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Mix of Universalism and Neo-liberalism