Social Policy And Poverty In East Asia

Author : James Midgley,Kwong Leung Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135255664

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Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia by James Midgley,Kwong Leung Tang Pdf

This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region’s spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades. The East Asian miracle resulted over the last four decades in a transformation of the region’s traditional agrarian economies and significant increases in standards of living for many ordinary people. Even though it was given little attention, poverty has remained an ongoing problem. The problem became particularly evident however with the Asian financial crisis of 1997 when many low income and middle class workers became unemployed. As a result of this crisis, the need for effective social policies and social security programs were recognized. The idea that economic growth would solve the problem of poverty was increasingly challenged. Even in China today, where rapid growth has created new employment opportunities and the promise of prosperity for many, the government has recognized that the problem of poverty cannot be addressed only through economic growth but that comprehensive social policies must be formulated, and this includes the development of an effective security system.

Author : Ku, Inhoe,Saunders, Peter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800888982

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Poverty and Inequality in East Asia by Ku, Inhoe,Saunders, Peter Pdf

This insightful book addresses the urgent need for robust evidence on recent trends and factors contributing to poverty and inequality in East Asia. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Author : James Lee,Kam-wah Chan
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739146668

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The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia by James Lee,Kam-wah Chan Pdf

The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan bring together authors from different social policy domains to provide an updated assessment of inadequacies and limitations in current social policies as well as the problematic theories guiding them. The authors demystify the so-called 'East Asian Welfare Model' and reengage themselves in the identification of an appropriate welfare ideology, which includes a selective integration of social policy and economic development. The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia is a dynamic and enlightening read that will interest students of public policy and those interested in welfare capitalism.

Author : Peter Saunders,Alex Jingwei He
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351585750

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Social Protection in East Asian Chinese Societies by Peter Saunders,Alex Jingwei He Pdf

Despite its impressive economic growth, East Asia is facing daunting challenges in mitigating its social problems, including chronic poverty and worsening social inequality. The past decade has seen growing scholarly interest in the development of East Asian social policies not only because of the sheer size of the population and its global impact, but also due to the stark contrast between this region’s economic prosperity and the ongoing issue of severe social inequality. This book presents a collection of studies on aspects of social protection in East Asian Chinese societies, including Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Contributions by leading social policy scholars working in and on the region aim to promote scholarly understanding of the pressures facing social protection systems in East Asia, identify existing gaps and emerging social policy issues and review the effectiveness of existing programmes. The evidence presented and insights generated will promote further debate and facilitate meaningful comparative social policy studies in the region and beyond. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Asian Public Policy.

Author : Misa Izuhara
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857930293

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Handbook on East Asian Social Policy by Misa Izuhara Pdf

Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, there have been substantial developments and reforms in social policy in the region but the development paths have been uneven. Until recently, comparative analysis of East Asian social policy tends to have focused on the established welfare state of Japan and the emerging welfare regimes of four Tiger Economies. Much of the recent debate indeed preceded Chinas re-emergence onto the world economy. In this context, this Handbook brings China more fully into the contemporary social policy debates in East Asia. Organised around five themes from welfare state developments, to theories and methodologies, to current social policy issues, the Handbook presents original research from leading specialists in the fields, and provides a fresh and updated perspective to the study of social policy. Providing a comparative international approach, this Handbook will appeal to academics, researchers and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels working in the fields of social policy, as well as policy makers and practitioners who are interested in social policy lessons from other societies.

Author : Kwong-Leung Tang,Chack-kie Wong
Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : East Asia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111917147

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Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in East Asia by Kwong-Leung Tang,Chack-kie Wong Pdf

Recognizing that the neoliberal approach to poverty alleviation has been a failure in Southeast Asia, Tang (social work, U. of Northern British Columbia, Canada) and Wong (social work, Chinese U. of Hong Kong) present country studies of poverty alleviation programs and essays describing alternative approaches (rights-based, institutional, the International Labor Organization, social development, and social activism). The countries under examination include China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan. Contributors discuss the magnitude of poverty, the extent of poverty monitoring, and the effectiveness of state interventions in poverty alleviation. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : K. Tang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780333985496

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Social Welfare Development in East Asia by K. Tang Pdf

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.

Author : Romeo M. Bautista
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813016255

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Development Policy in East Asia by Romeo M. Bautista Pdf

The growth performance of East Asia's market economics over the two-and-half decades has been one of unparalleled success. In this regional comparative study of country experiences, the author demonstrates the considerable scope for complementarity between economic growth and poverty alleviation in the development process. Government policies are shown to have been a major determinant of the development path for the East Asian countries, including the outcomes in income growth and distribution. The study sheds light on the types of policies conducive to both economic growth and poverty reeducation, and provides important lessons for the other developing countries.

Author : Mutsuko Takahashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317062899

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Risk and Public Policy in East Asia by Mutsuko Takahashi Pdf

Contemporary Asian society is marked by social processes associated with the loss of stable economic growth and high employment; family structures capable of caring for family members in need; and governmental economic and political competence. Post-financial crisis job uncertainty and income and labor market polarization have become important issue in Asian societies. Family structures are viewed as have been weakened, with a corresponding rise in divorce and domestic violence. Trust in the government is in decline. Against this backdrop it is timely to review three critical issues: 1) policies addressing work-related risks and socio-economic security; 2) changes regarding the structure and stability of families; and 3) issues concerning governance in times of weakened state capacity, declining trust, and the emergence of new politics. Containing chapters written by international scholars, this book introduces the concepts and theoretical approaches of risk and risk and governance and places them within the context of Asian societies.

Author : Ka-Ho Mok,Maggie K. W. Lau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134575145

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Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China by Ka-Ho Mok,Maggie K. W. Lau Pdf

East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in increased welfare demands which governments, organizations and agencies across the region have had to address. This book examines welfare regimes in the Greater China region, encompassing mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In so doing, it explores the ways in which the rapid growth and internationalisation of the economy across Greater China is presenting new social policy challenges that governments, social welfare organizations and agencies in the region are having to respond to. Rather than simply describing and categorising welfare systems, the contributors to this volume add to our understanding of how one of the major economic transformations of the contemporary era in East Asia is shaping welfare provision in the region. In turn, in this context of economic change, they examine the new strategies and measures that have been adopted in order to reduce the heavy burden on the state in terms of welfare provision, whilst also attempting to diversify funding and provision sources to meet the pressing welfare needs. Based upon extensive fieldwork by leading scholars of social policy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian social policy, comparative development and social policy, social welfare and Chinese studies.

Author : Christian Aspalter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317053323

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Social Work in East Asia by Christian Aspalter Pdf

Owing to rapid economic development and the onset of population ageing, social work has become a major means of delivering social services and relieving and preventing social problems at an individual, family, and community level in East Asia. In addition to this, the number of activities undertaken by social welfare NGOs has risen a great deal throughout East Asia, resulting in a greater demand for professional social workers. With governments across the region having discovered the beneficial effects of professional social work for both social integration and social harmony, there is now greater support for the development of this academic discipline and profession. This groundbreaking volume explores the current state of development of social work provision across the region. It is the first book of its kind to investigate current and future trends, as well as the challenges and pitfalls of social work - one of the fastest-growing professions in East Asia.

Author : James Lee,James Midgley,Yapeng Zhu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739174579

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Social Policy and Change in East Asia by James Lee,James Midgley,Yapeng Zhu Pdf

Social Policy and Change in East Asia examines the current state of social policy and social development in East Asia and argues that these two domains should be integrated in order to improve social welfare. This book distinguishes itself by avoiding a Eurocentric approach to social policy analysis, focusing instead on the relationship between institution and development.

Author : John Malcolm Dowling
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 9789814468664

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Chronic Poverty in Asia by John Malcolm Dowling Pdf

Author : I. Holliday,P. Wilding
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230597563

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Welfare Capitalism in East Asia by I. Holliday,P. Wilding Pdf

Social Policy has been a key dimension of dynamic economic growth in East Asia's 'little tigers' and is also a prominent strand of their responses to the financial crisis of the late 1990s. This systematic comparative analysis of social policy in the region focuses on the key sectors of education, health, housing and social security. It sets these sectoral analyses in wider contexts of debates about developmental states, the East Asian welfare model and globalization.

Author : Misa Izuhara
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800376113

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A Research Agenda for East Asian Social Policy by Misa Izuhara Pdf

Since the turn of the millennium, significant social, economic, political and technological transformations have brought policy issues to prominence in East Asian societies. This topical Research Agenda finds East Asian social policy at a critical juncture and analyses the driving forces that are shifting contemporary research and diverse policy responses in the region.