Trude Sundberg is Senior Lecturer Social Policy in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and Director of the University of Kent's Q-Step Centre.

"As the focus of global economic and political activity shifts to East Asia it becomes increasingly urgent that we understand the attitudes that drive welfare policy in this region. This original book offers a broad-based approach that importantly shifts thinking away from the established Western perspectives." Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent

• 1. Introduction 2. Studying Welfare Attitudes 3. Trends and Approaches in East Asia 4. The Importance of Political Contexts 5. The Importance of Cultural Contexts 6. A Qualitative Study in Singapore and Mainland China 7. Conclusion

Trude Sundberg is Senior Lecturer Social Policy in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and Director of the University of Kent's Q-Step Centre.

"As the focus of global economic and political activity shifts to East Asia it becomes increasingly urgent that we understand the attitudes that drive welfare policy in this region. This original book offers a broad-based approach that importantly shifts thinking away from the established Western perspectives." Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent

• 1. Introduction 2. Studying Welfare Attitudes 3. Trends and Approaches in East Asia 4. The Importance of Political Contexts 5. The Importance of Cultural Contexts 6. A Qualitative Study in Singapore and Mainland China 7. Conclusion

Trude Sundberg is Senior Lecturer Social Policy in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent and Director of the University of Kent's Q-Step Centre.

"As the focus of global economic and political activity shifts to East Asia it becomes increasingly urgent that we understand the attitudes that drive welfare policy in this region. This original book offers a broad-based approach that importantly shifts thinking away from the established Western perspectives." Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent

• 1. Introduction 2. Studying Welfare Attitudes 3. Trends and Approaches in East Asia 4. The Importance of Political Contexts 5. The Importance of Cultural Contexts 6. A Qualitative Study in Singapore and Mainland China 7. Conclusion