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Globalizing welfare: an evolving Asian-European dialogue

Edited by Stein Kuhnle (Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway and Emeritus Professor, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany), Per Selle (Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, Norway) and Sven E.O. Hort (formerly Professor of Sociology, Linnaeus University, Sweden and Professor of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, South Korea)
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Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019
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Globalization and welfare
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Summary:
"From the welfare state's origins in Europe, the idea of human welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and policy-makers around the world. This is particularly influential where rapid social development is taking place amidst growing social and gender inequality. This book reflects on the growing academic and political interest in global social policy and 'globalizing welfare', and pays particular attention to developments in Northern European and North-East Asian countries. Providing historical and future-oriented perspectives on welfare issues and policies, Globalizing Welfare assesses the relevance of the Northern European welfare experience for East Asia, and addresses the differing ways that countries in the two regions are responding to similar challenges of increasing inequality, demographic change, and shifting relations between the state, market and non-profit organizations. With topical analysis of policy responses to these shared issues across contexts, the book assesses how these globalized, cross-cutting issues will impact future developments in welfare states. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and students alike of sociology, political science, economics, social policy and public administration, providing up-to-date knowledge of welfare state developments. It will also be of interest to policy-makers concerned with social welfare globally"-- [Provided by publisher]
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Globalizing welfare: An evolving Asian-European dialogue / Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven Hort
  • Part I: Developing East Asian welfare states: Internal forces and outside influences
  • 2. Korea's transition from the developmental to the universal welfare state / Huck-ju Kwon
  • 3. China's welfare state building / Yuan Ren
  • 4. The welfare regime in China: Towards moderate universalism / Yi Pan and Ziyu Wang
  • 5. Welfare development amid crises: What Hong Kong can learn from the Nordic experiences / Raymond K.H. Chan
  • 6. Japan as a developmental state: The need for a new approach / Masato Kamikubo
  • 7. Who are the caregivers for the elderly? The role of women in the welfare state in the Nordic countries and in East Asia / Yoko Otsuka and Lingyan Chen
  • 8. Have Japanese social welfare NPOs failed? Emerging social enterprises and major transformation / Masanari Sakurai
  • Part II: Developed north European welfare states: State and society in a globalizing world
  • 9. The concept of society in the making of the Nordic welfare state / Pauli Kettunen
  • 10. Globalization and the Nordic welfare states / Jørgen Goul Andersen
  • 11. Normative foundations of Nordic family and gender equality policies: Developments and challenges / Åsa Lundqvist
  • 12. Conflicting ideas on Danish day care during the golden age of the Danish welfare state / Klaus Petersen
  • 13. Changing normative principles of social justice in the Norwegian pension system / Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal, Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén
  • 14. The future role of civil society in a welfare state: Perspectives from Germany / Helmut K. Anheier
  • 15. The challenging position of civil society service production within the Norwegian welfare state / Per Selle and Kristin Strømsnes
  • Part III: Global issues and perspectives
  • 16. Learning from feminist scholarship on the welfare state / Marie Laperrière and Ann Shola Orloff
  • 17. An authoritarian-populist welfare state? Reassessing the 'Belarusian model' in comparative perspective / Sven Hort and Nikolay Zakharov
  • 18. Framing inequality and related policy responses / Claus Offe
  • 19. Entangled inequalities, a disbalanced welfare state, and populist challenges for democracy / Stephan Leibfried, Kerstin Martens and Uwe Schimank
  • Index.
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Contributors:
Kuhnle, Stein , editor
Selle, Per , editor
Hort, Sven E. O. , editor
Edward Elgar Publishing , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Related Series:
Globalization and welfare
Subjects:
Public welfare — Europe
Public welfare — East Asia
Welfare state
Public welfare
East Asia
Europe
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (368 pages).
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
HV238 .G56 2019eb
ISBNs:
9781788975841 (e-book)
OCLC Numbers:
1167549437
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[Unknown Type]: eep9781788975841