Social Policy and Change in East Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Social Policy and Change in East Asia is a collection of essays from a group of indigenous East Asian social policy researchers who met bi-annually to discuss social development issues. The book’s focus is the policy responses of respective East Asian government since the 2008 financial tsunami struck the region. Together, the essays in Social Policy and Change in East Asia argue that traditional social policy approach has failed to account for the problem of economic volatility and to devise policy measures that can promote long-term stability. Avoiding a static and Eurocentric approach, the authors of this book seek to unravel the meaning of the social development approach in various policy contexts. This book supports a dynamic understanding of social policy formulation that does not neglect the problem of economic turbulence in policy and planning.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-11
Mått:161 x 233 x 21 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739174562

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James Lee is professor and head of the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. James Midgley is Harry and Riva Specht Professor and dean emeritus of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Yapeng Zhu is associate director at the Institute for Social Policy and associate professor in the School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University.

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[T]he chapters provide interesting perspectives on particular aspects of the evolution of social policy in the region. The book . . . provides a useful starting point for work on a number of key issues that require more systematic comparative analysis—such as gender, inequality and the different institutional arrangements and relationships between state, market and household across countries within the region.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of Contents List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Change and Social Policy in East Asia James Midgley, James Lee & Yapeng ZhuChapter 1: Economic Turbulence and Social Welfare: Social Policy and Social Development PerspectivesJames MidgleyChapter 2: Gender, Social Security and Citizenship: Experiences in Four East Asian CitiesKam-wah Chan, Patricia Kennett & Lucille Lok-sun NganChapter 3: Risk Governance in Financial Tsunami in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Raymond Man-hung NganChapter 4: Financial Crisis and Institutional Response in the Reconstruction of China’s Social Welfare System – Keqing HanChapter 5: Towards Integrated Healthcare for Migrants in Mainland China Qiaobing Wu & Kai LiuChapter 6: Economic Crisis and Housing Policy Development in ChinaYapeng ZhuChapter 7: Maintaining Power or Maintaining the Law: How Corporate Social Responsibility with Chinese Characteristics Challenges Traditional Western Model?Heidi ReedChapter 8: The Legitimacy Crisis of the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme in Hong KongKim-wah ChungChapter 9: Housing Policy and Asset Building: Exploring the Role of Home Ownership in East Asian Social PolicyJames LeeBibliography