Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia......Page 16
Part I The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism......Page 40
1 Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics......Page 42
2 Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan......Page 65
3 The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan......Page 88
4 Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia......Page 113
5 The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong......Page 133
Part II The Institutional Dynamics of Welfare Developmentalism......Page 156
6 Development Strategies and Unemployment Policies in Korea......Page 158
7 Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications......Page 185
8 One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore......Page 206
9 Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix......Page 224
Part III Welfare Developmentalism in Formation?......Page 244
10 China\'s Social Policy: Reform and Development in the Context of Marketization and Globalization......Page 246
11 Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand......Page 272
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D......Page 299
E......Page 300
G......Page 301
I......Page 302
L......Page 303
N......Page 304
P......Page 305
S......Page 306
T......Page 307
W......Page 308
Z......Page 309