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Jayasuriya explores the dynamics of a new social agenda conceived
within the boundaries of neo liberalism. The enhanced focus on
issues such as poverty through strategies of inclusion, and frames
new terms of engagement for social policy, different from that
which existed in the terrain of the post war welfare state. The
author argues that this represents a form of neo liberal
sociability built around a diverse complex of welfare reform
extending from the advanced industrial states to East Asia, all of
which creates a new social contract within a market model.
This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the
inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the
stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that
contemporary political arrangements are legitimised by the values
of hierarchy, familism and harmony. An arrangement that clearly
contrasts with a western understanding of political liberalism and
the communicatory democracy it facilitates. Instead of political
change resulting from a demand for autonomy by interest groups in
civil society, the adoption of democratic practice in Asia ought to
be viewed primarily as a state strategy to manage socio-economic
change.
Jayasuriya explores the dynamics of a new social agenda conceived
within the boundaries of neo liberalism. The enhanced focus on
issues such as poverty through strategies of inclusion frames new
terms of engagement for social policy, different from that which
existed in the terrain of the post war welfare state.
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