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Summary:

"This book examines the emergence of social crises in East Asia and inadequate government responses to them. Combining macro-level analysis, abundant data, a dynamic interdisciplinary framework, and powerful human stories, it describes nations that have failed to protect society's most vulnerable groups in the face of rising socioeconomic risks"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Societies in distress
• The promise and perils of productivism
• Misery in the golden years: the old age crisis in South Korea
• Broken promises: the low wage crisis in high performing Taiwan
• Abused and neglected: the other children's welfare crisis in Japan
• In the shadow of Victoria Peak: the affordable housing crisis in Hong Kong
• Leg behind: misery beneath the miracle in China
• Lessons from East Asia and advancing a new research agenda.

Author/Creator:

Lukauskas, Arvid John , author

Contributors:

Shimabukuro, Yumiko, 1979- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Misery beneath the miracle in East Asia [by Lukauskas, A.J.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Misery beneath the miracle in East Asia [by Lukauskas, A.J.] (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024 — ISBN 9781501778735; LCCN 2024024933)

Related Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Subjects:

Social problems — Government policy — East Asia

East Asia — Economic policy — Social aspects

East Asia — Social conditions — 21st century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 22, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HN720.5.A8 L85 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781501778766 (electronic book)
1501778765 (electronic book)
9781501778759 (electronic book)
1501778757 (electronic book)
9781501778735 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781501778742 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024024934

OCLC Numbers:

1445425059

Other Control Numbers:

3858452 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306782756