Overview
- Incorporates culture into development analyses
- Accounts for unexplained differences in similar welfare programs
- Demonstrates how welfare programs can reflect each society’s values
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book situates culture as a determining factor in the development of diverse welfare states, exploring the impact of traditional familialism on South Korean and Taiwanese programs. This approach provides an important alternative to studies that focus on formal variables– such as industrialization, state intervention, and resource mobilization– that do not explain the key differences between the similar programs. Throughout this book, Wang looks into both the historical development and the present situation of medical welfare programs in South Korea and Taiwan, and she highlights the importance of families in these programs’ development. As East Asian societies continue to age while experiencing fewer births, the search for the most suitable, sustainable, and desirable welfare model in each country will become ever more pressing. Academics and practitioners alike will find this refreshing approach to analysis ideal for building welfare institutions that reflect societal values inaddition to economic conditions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Familial Foundations of the Welfare State
Book Subtitle: Building the National Health Insurance Systems in South Korea and Taiwan
Authors: Hye Suk Wang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58712-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58711-0Published: 22 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86459-4Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58712-7Published: 08 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 151
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Asian Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Social Policy