| Social Welfare Development in East Asia Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Tang, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349413402 ISBN-13: 9781349413409 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | World - Asian - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 301 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Comparative social policy has long neglected welfare development in Asia. Not much is known about social welfare in the economically successful East Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan). They are late starters in social welfare but each has its own trajectory of welfare development. Despite the presence of extensive social welfare, they have shied away from western-style welfare states. The presence of strong developmental states and their development ethos explain in large part the underdevelopment of state welfare. |