The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia

by Lee, James; Chan, Kam-wah; Chua, Beng-huat; Ko, Chyong-Fan; Oh, Kyeung-Mi; Ogawa, Tetsuso; Tang, Connie Pui-yee; Lin, Wan-I; Chou, Wen-Chi Grace; Ngan, Raymond Man-hung; Kam, Ping-kwong; Cheung, Jacky Chau-kiu; Leung, Lai-ching; Fung, Ho-lup; Zhu, Ya-peng

• ISBN13: 9780739146651
• ISBN10: 0739146653
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-23
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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 Biography

James Lee is associate professor at the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong. Kam-wah Chan is associate professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Deciphering Productivism and Developmentalism in East Asian Social Welfare	p. 1
Emerging Issues in Developmental Welfarism in Singapore	p. 27
Aging Population in East Asia: Impacts on Social Protection and Social Policy Reforms in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan	p. 43
Change and Inertia in Housing Policy: Japanese Housing System during Economic Crisis	p. 71
Globalization, Regime Transformation, and Social Policy Development in Taiwan	p. 101
The Crisis of Social Security Financing in Hong Kong	p. 125
Age Discrimination in the Labor Market: Barriers to Active Aging in Hong Kong	p. 147
Contradictions of Welfare and the Market: The Case of Hong Kong	p. 165
Managing the SARS Crisis in Hong Kong: Reviving the Economy or Reconstructing a Health Society	p. 185
Between Idealism and Realism: The Evolution of Full Employment Policy in China	p. 203
The Coming Housing Crisis of China	p. 223
Concluding Observations: Is There a Crisis of Welfare in East Asia?	p. 243
Index	p. 257
About the Contributors	p. 261
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