Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword: T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION? China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn Index