Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia (eBook, ePUB)

The Role of Social Security
Redaktion: Midgley, James; Tang, Kwong Leung

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the role of social policy, particularly social security, in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135255657
• Artikelnr.: 47890653

Autorenporträt

James Midgley is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Kwong-leung Tang is Director and Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Between 2003 and 2008, he served as Chair and Professor of Social Work at the Department of Social Work, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction and Context Introduction: Poverty and Social Policy
Responses in East Asia Kwong-leung Tang and James Midgley 1. The Role of
Social Security in Poverty Alleviation: An International Review James
Midgley Part II: Country Case Studies: Social Security in East Asia 2. The
Emergence of Social Assistance in China: Challenges and Issues Joe Leung,
and Xu Yuebin 3. Social Assistance Programmes in Singapore Mui-teng Yap 4.
Korea's National Basic Livelihood Programme and Social Development Joon
Yong Jo 5. Welfare-to-Work Reform in Hong Kong: Overview and Prospects
Kwong-leung Tang 6. Rural Social Protection in China: Reform, Performance
and Problems Xu Yuebin and Zhang Xiulan Part III: Innovations and Issues of
Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia 7. Building Assets for the Poor in
Taiwan: Policy Innovation from Income to Assets Li-Chen Cheng 8. From
Micro-Credit to Micro-Insurance: Creating Social Security Where There is
None Takayoshi Amenomori 9. The Social Investment Fund of Thailand
Shinichi Shigetomi 10. Knowledge of Public Policy and the Perceived
Positive Impact of The Welfare Benefits System C. K. Wong and Kwong-leung
Tang 11. Social Security, Housing Policy and Asset Building: The Relevance
of Home Ownership for Elderly Income Protection in Hong Kong James Lee