Social development and social policy : international experiences and China's reform / [Electronic resource]
editors Qi Dongtao (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Yang Lijun, South China University of Technology, China.
- xvi, 407 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Europe and the US -- 1. Europe’s (Halfway) Social Investment Turn -- 2. Shifting Reform Strategies in European Welfare States -- 3. The 21st Century Enabling State: Public Support for Private Responsibility in the US -- Part II: Developed Economies in Asia -- 4. Exploring the Japanese Welfare Experience: Toward a Model and a Framework -- 5. Social Policy in Korea: Theory and Practice -- 6. The Role of Mandatory Retirement Savings in Protecting the Aged in Singapore -- 7. Singapore’s Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing -- 8. Social Welfare Expansion and National Health Insurance in Taiwan -- 9. Workfare in Hong Kong -- Part III: Mainland China -- 10. Between the State and the Market: The Political Logic of Social Policy Reform in China -- 11. Social Policy and Health Care Reform in China -- 12. Law Enforcement in the Chinese Health System: An Institutional Perspective -- 13. Social Protest, State Response, and Regime Legitimacy in China -- 14. What Took Away Chinese People’s Happiness in the Past Two Decades? China’s Puzzling Happiness Curve -- Index.