Welfare Reform in East Asia

Chak Kwan Chan is Reader in Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Kinglun Ngok is Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Policy, Centre for Public Administration, School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University, China. They recently co-authored Social Policy in China: Development and Well-Being.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Understanding Workfare in Western and East Asian Welfare States Part 2: Workfare in Seven East Asian Economies 2. Workfare in Mainland China: A Reaction to Welfare Dependency? 3. Workfare in Hong Kong 4. From Workfare to Cash for All: The Politics of Welfare Reform in Macau 5. Workfare in Taiwan: From Social Assistance to Unemployment Absorber 6. Workfare in Japan 7. Workfare in South Korea: Delivering Unemployment Benefits in the Developmental Welfare State 8. Workfare in Singapore Part 3: Conclusion 9. Workfare in East Asia: Development & Characteristics

"This well-argued book will be a valuable contribution to the fields of social welfare and East Asia, and will be an informative read for students and scholars in those fields."Aiqun Hu PhDArkansas State University - Journal of International and Global Studies