About the book
ISBN:981473098X, 9789814730983
Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the history of social policies, compare different social development models, and analyze the challenges facing these economies' social policy reforms. The book provides comprehensive and comparative perspectives and updated data on social development and social policy reforms in the world's major economies, and particularly, in mainland China.
Table of Contens
Part I: Europe and the US
Chapter 1: Europe’s (Halfway) Social Investment Turn
Chapter 2: Shifting Reform Strategies in European Welfare States
Chapter 3: The 21st Century Enabling State: Public Support for Private Responsibility in the US
Part II: Developed Economies in Asia
Chapter 4: Exploring the Japanese Welfare Experience: Toward a Model and a Framework
Chapter 5: Social Policy in Korea: Theory and Practice
Chapter 6: The Role of Mandatory Retirement Savings in Protecting the Aged in Singapore
Chapter 7: Singapore’s Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing
Chapter 8: Social Welfare Expansion and National Health Insurance in Taiwan
Chapter 9: Workfare in Hong Kong
Part III: Mainland China
Chapter 10: Between the State and the Market: The Political Logic of Social Policy Reform in China
Chapter 11: Social Policy and Health Care Reform in China
Chapter 12: Law Enforcement in the Chinese Health System: An Institutional Perspective
Chapter 13: Social Protest, State Response, and Regime Legitimacy in China
Chapter 14: What Took Away Chinese People’s Happiness in the Past Two Decades? China’s Puzzling Happiness Curve
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