LALITA CHANWONGPAISARN Graduate student in economics, Boston University, USAFEN-LIN CHEN Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yuan-Ze University, TaiwanCHUA BENG HUAT Professor, Asia Research Institute and the Department of Sociology, National University of SingaporeXINPING GUAN Chair of Department of Sociology, Nankai University, People's Republic of ChinaBYUNG-HEE LEE Senior Research Fellow, Korea Labour Institute, KoreaELIZA W. Y. LEE Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong KongVERONICA PEARSON Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong KongITO PENG Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, CanadaM. RAMESH Senior Fellow, Public Policy Program, National University of SingaporeVIROJ TANGCHAROENSATHIEN Director, International Health Policy Programme, Health System Research Institute, ThailandWARANYA TEOKUL Senior Policy and Plan Analyst, Office of National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), ThailandJOSEPH WONG Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, CanadaILCHEONG YI Faculty Fellow, School of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University, Japan

• List of Figures List of Tables Foreword: T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION? China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn Index

LALITA CHANWONGPAISARN Graduate student in economics, Boston University, USAFEN-LIN CHEN Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yuan-Ze University, TaiwanCHUA BENG HUAT Professor, Asia Research Institute and the Department of Sociology, National University of SingaporeXINPING GUAN Chair of Department of Sociology, Nankai University, People's Republic of ChinaBYUNG-HEE LEE Senior Research Fellow, Korea Labour Institute, KoreaELIZA W. Y. LEE Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong KongVERONICA PEARSON Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong KongITO PENG Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, CanadaM. RAMESH Senior Fellow, Public Policy Program, National University of SingaporeVIROJ TANGCHAROENSATHIEN Director, International Health Policy Programme, Health System Research Institute, ThailandWARANYA TEOKUL Senior Policy and Plan Analyst, Office of National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), ThailandJOSEPH WONG Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, CanadaILCHEONG YI Faculty Fellow, School of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University, Japan

• List of Figures List of Tables Foreword: T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION? China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn Index

LALITA CHANWONGPAISARN Graduate student in economics, Boston University, USAFEN-LIN CHEN Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yuan-Ze University, TaiwanCHUA BENG HUAT Professor, Asia Research Institute and the Department of Sociology, National University of SingaporeXINPING GUAN Chair of Department of Sociology, Nankai University, People's Republic of ChinaBYUNG-HEE LEE Senior Research Fellow, Korea Labour Institute, KoreaELIZA W. Y. LEE Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong KongVERONICA PEARSON Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong KongITO PENG Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, CanadaM. RAMESH Senior Fellow, Public Policy Program, National University of SingaporeVIROJ TANGCHAROENSATHIEN Director, International Health Policy Programme, Health System Research Institute, ThailandWARANYA TEOKUL Senior Policy and Plan Analyst, Office of National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), ThailandJOSEPH WONG Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, CanadaILCHEONG YI Faculty Fellow, School of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University, Japan

• List of Figures List of Tables Foreword: T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION? China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn Index