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East Asian welfare regimes in transition : from Confucianism to globalisation /

This book puts the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, providing an up-to-date assessment of their character and development. In particular it examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalisation are impacting on them. As well as spec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walker, Alan, 1952 October 13- (Editor ), Wong, Chack-kie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: East Asian welfare regimes / Alan Walker, Chack-kie Wong
  • Is welfare un-Asian? / Ruby C.M. Chou, Wai Kam Yu
  • Social welfare in China / Joe C.B. Leung
  • Hong Kong: from familistic to Confucian welfare / Sammy Chiu, Victor Wong
  • Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong / Chak Kwan Chan
  • The welfare regime in Japan / Makoto Kono
  • Taiwan: what kind of social policy regime? / Michael Hill, Yuan-shie Hwang
  • The development of the South Korean welfare regime / Sang-hoon Ahn, So-chung Lee
  • The welfare regime in Singapore / Vincent Wijeysingha
  • Conclusion: from Confucianism to globalisation / Alan Walker, Chack-kie Wong.