Crisis of welfare in east asia / edited by James Lee and Kam-wah Chan.
The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2010.
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| Summary: | The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan bring together authors from different social policy domains to provide an updated assessment of inadequacies and limitations in current social policies as well as the problematic theoriesguiding them. The authors demystify the so-called "East Asian Welfare Model" and reengage themse. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739146668 0739146661 9780739146651 0739146653 1282713248 9781282713246 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |