Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia

1. An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia
Huck-ju Kwon

Part I. The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism

2. Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics
Huck-ju Kwon

3. Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan
Joseph Wong

4. The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan
Ito Peng

5. Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia
Chua Beng Huat

6. The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong
Eliza W. Y. Lee

Part II. The Institutional Dynamics of Welfare Developmentalism

7. Development Strategies and Unemployment Policies in Korea
Ilcheong Yi, Byung-hee Lee

8. Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications
Fen-ling Chen

9. One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore
M Ramesh

10. Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix
Veronica Pearson

Part III. Welfare Developmentalism in Formation?

11. China’s Social Policy: Reform and Development in the Context of Marketization and Globalization
Xinping Guan

12. Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Waranya Teokul, Lalita Chanwongpaisarn

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Politics of the Welfare State