Asian Social Policy
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Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Edited by John Karl Scholz, Hyungypo Moon, Sang-Hyup Lee
‘South Korea is a recently rich country with dramatic demography – expensive children, very low fertility, long life and rapid population aging. Its policies and institutions must adjust rapidly to these new economic and demographic real...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on East Asian Social Policy]()
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Edited by Misa Izuhara
Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, th...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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![Women, Gender and Rural Development in China]()
Women, Gender and Rural Development in China
Edited by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson
‘Women, Gender and Rural Development in China is a superbly rich volume of thickly textured, reflective, and critical accounts of gendered processes of rural development. There is no doubt that it will make a significant contribution to ...eBook:Find out more$40.80
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![New Welfare States in East Asia]()
New Welfare States in East Asia
编辑Gyu-Jin黄
The fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the ‘standard welfare states’ in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in an Ageing Society
David Reisman
Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Economics of Social Security in Japan]()
The Economics of Social Security in Japan
Edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing populat...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalisation and Social Development
Edited by Ludo Cuyvers
‘There is much to commend in this collection of papers to those interested in both globalization per se as well as those interested in economic and social development in South-east Asia.’ – David N. Ashton, Asia Pacific Business Review ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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European Working Lives
Edited by Steve Jeffreys, Frederik M. Beyer, Christer Thörnqvist
‘While some books on global trends take a rather abstract approach, this volume stands out for its focus on a wide variety of familiar aspects of working life, such as flexibility, new managerial methods and training. The richness of the... -
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Social Policy in Hong Kong
Edited by Paul Wilding, Ahmed S. Huque, Julia L.P.- W. Tao
社会政策在香港提供了第一time a comprehensive and critical analysis of social policy in Hong Kong. It shows that Hong Kong is far from being a simple free market economy. In many areas, Hong Kong has highly de...
