Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the 'developmental welfare state' this book seeks to answer the question as to whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which shifts in economic strategy have influenced social policy reform in East Asia. This book also analyses the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform. It tries to answer to what extent the particular politics of the country, either democratic or authoritarian, determined the course of social policy reform.
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Foreword: T.Mkandawire
Preface and Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon
PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM
The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon
Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong
The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng
Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat
The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee
PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM
Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee
Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen
One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh
Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson
PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION?
China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan
Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn
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HUCK-JU KWON is Professor at the Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea and
Research Co-ordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development (UNRISD), Switzerland.