Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia
Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Tra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2005, 2005
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| Series: | Social Policy in a Development Context
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which the shift in economic strategy has influenced social policy reform in East Asia. It also analyzes the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform |
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 294 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230523661 |