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020 _a9780739111789 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0739111787 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9780739146651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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_dHKGCC
090 3 _aHN720.5
_b.C75 2007
245 0 4 _aThe crisis of welfare in East Asia /
_cedited by James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bLexington Books,
_cc2007.
300 _axvii, 263 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDeciphering productivism and developmentalism in East Asian social welfare / James Lee -- Emerging issues in developmental welfarism in Singapore / Beng Huat Chua -- Ageing population in East Asia : impacts on social protection and social policy reforms in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan / Chyong Fang Ko, Kyeung Mi Oh, Tetsuo Ogawa -- Change and inertia in housing policy : Japanese housing system during economic crisis / Connie Pui Yee Tang -- Globalization, regime transformation, and social policy development in Taiwan / Wan I. Lin, Wen-Chi Grace Chou -- The crisis of social security financing in Hong Kong / Raymond Man Hung Ngan -- Age discrimination in the labour market : barriers to active ageing in Hong Kong / Raymond Man Hung Ngan, Ping Kwong Kam & Jacky Chau Kiu Cheung -- Contradictions of welfare and the market : the case of Hong Kong / Sam Wai Kam Yu -- Managing the SARS crisis in Hong Kong : reviving the economy or reconstructing a healthy society / Kam Wah Chan, Lai-ching Leung -- Between idealism and realism : the evolution of full employment policy in China / Ho Lup Fung -- The coming housing crisis of China / Ya Peng Zhu, James Lee -- Concluding observations: Is there a crisis of welfare in East Asia? / Kam Wah Chan.
650 0 _aPublic welfare
_zEast Asia.
651 0 _aEast Asia
_xSocial policy.
700 1 _aLee, James,
_d1950-
700 1 _aChan, Kam Wah.
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