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Social Welfare Development in East Asia
Kwong-Leung Tang
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Description for Social Welfare Development in East Asia
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Comparative social policy has long neglected welfare development in Asia. Not much is known about social welfare in the economically successful East Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan). They are late starters in social welfare but each has its own trajectory of welfare development. Despite the presence of extensive social welfare, they have shied away from western-style welfare states. The presence of strong developmental states and their development ethos explain in large part the underdevelopment of state welfare.
Comparative social policy has long neglected welfare development in Asia. Not much is known about social welfare in the economically successful East Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan). They are late starters in social welfare but each has its own trajectory of welfare development. Despite the presence of extensive social welfare, they have shied away from western-style welfare states. The presence of strong developmental states and their development ethos explain in large part the underdevelopment of state welfare.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349413409
SKU
V9781349413409
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99-15
About Kwong-Leung Tang
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 ... Read more
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