KWONG-LEUNG TANG is an Associate Professor in the College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. His academic interests include Asian social development, law and social policy, and comparative social policy. He is the co-author of Models of Workplace Training: Lessons from the Employees Retraining Scheme in Kong-Kong (with J.Cheung). His last authored book Colonial State and Social Policy was published in 1998.

• List of Tables Preface The Study of State Welfare in East Asia East Asia and Theories of Comparative Social Policy The Social Investment State in Singapore Authoritarianism and the Social Insurance State: The Case of Taiwan Authoritarian Developmental State and Social Welfare in Korea Toward a Social Investment State? Social Welfare Development of Hong Kong Social Welfare Provisions in East Asia and Quality of Life The Future of State Welfare in East Asia References Index