Conservative Welfare State Systems in East Asia - Couverture rigide

Aspalter, Christian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0275974154 ISBN 13 : 9780275974152

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Aspalter provides six country studies of the most developed welfare state systems in East Asia-Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China. He applies a political approach to examine the causal determinants of welfare state development, such as:
•historical factors
•political systems
•party systems
•the politics of legitimization
•the impact of constitutions
•state structures
•elections
•social movements

A common trend in East Asian welfare state politics appears throughout this approach, and Aspalter shows that the welfare state is being extended, not reduced, as is the case in many areas affected by economic globalization. He concludes that social insurance systems are, for the most part, divided into occupational classes. Also, social assistance is highly stigmatized, and, for the most part, guaranteed after means tests. Most importantly, the State shows a strong disapproval of government-financed social welfare policies. This provocative analysis will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with East Asia and comparative social welfare systems.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHRISTIAN ASPALTER is currently teaching at the Department of Public Policy and Administration of Shantou University in China and at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of Hong Kong University./e

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275974154
• ISBN 13: 9780275974152
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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