In many Western countries, social welfare payments are
increasingly being made conditional on recipients doing voluntary
work or attending job training courses, a system known as
"welfare-to-work" or "workfare." Although social welfare in Asia is
very different to the West, with much smaller social welfare
budgets, a strong self-reliance and a much higher dependency on
family networks to provide support, the workfare approach is also
being adopted in many Asian countries. This is the first book to
provide a comprehensive overview of how welfare reform around work
is implemented in leading East Asian.
Based on the experiences of seven East Asian economies -
including China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong
and Macau - this book critically analyses current trends; the
social, economic and political factors which lead to the
implementation of workfare; compares the similarities and
differences of workfare in the different polities and assesses
their effectiveness.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Comparative Development and Policy in Asia |
Release date: |
September 2011 |
First published: |
2011 |
Editors: |
Chak Kwan Chan
• King Lun Ngok
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
178 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-59026-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-59026-4 |
Barcode: |
9780415590266 |
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