Social Welfare Development in East Asia

Tang, K.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2000-10-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333754603

DOI: 10.1057/9780333985496

Dimensions: 203cm x127cm

Pages: 214