Social Security Policy in Hong Kong From British Colony to China's Special Administrative Region

by Chan, Chak Kwan

• ISBN13: 9780739149546
• ISBN10: 0739149547
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-22
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

For more than four decades, free market economists and right-wing politicians have touted Hong Kong as a model of capitalism and a market economy success story. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, argues that Hong Kong's capitalism is not the result of democratic choice but the consequence of an administrative-led polity that has had suppressed democracy, limited trade unions' activities, and manipulated traditional Chinese welfare ideologies to maintain a small government. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong is the first book that systematically analyzes the dynamic relationships between Hong Kong's polity, Chinese welfare ideologies, and social security provisions from British colonial rule to China's special administrative region.

Author Biography

Chak Kwan Chan is reader in social policy at Nottingham Trent University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Hong Kong Social Policy & Chinese Welfare Ideologies	p. 1
Co-optive Politics & Welfare Constraints	p. 11
Legitimacy & Chinese Welfare Ideologies	p. 25
Traditional Chinese Welfare Ideologies	p. 37
Social Security & Chinese Welfare Ideologies Before 1945	p. 61
Social Security & Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1945-1967	p. 83
Social Security & Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1968-1997	p. 111
Postcolonial Polity & Welfare Approach	p. 137
Postcolonial Social Security & Chinese Welfare Ideologies	p. 153
Chinese Welfare Ideologies & Hong Kong's Capitalism	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 209
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