Globalizing welfare : an evolving Asian-European dialogue /: an evolving Asian-European dialogue. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle, Sven E.O. Hort.
• Editors: Kuhnle, Stein; Selle, Per; Hort, Sven E. O
• Contents: Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: globalizing welfare -- an evolving Asian-European dialogue; PART I Developing East Asian welfare states: internal forces and outside influences; 2. Korea's transition from the developmental to the universal welfare state; 3. China's welfare state building; 4. The welfare regime in China: towards moderate universalism; 5. Welfare development amid crises: what Hong Kong can learn from the Nordic experiences; 6. Japan as a developmental state: the need for a new approach 7. Who are caregivers for the elderly? The role of women in the welfare state in the Nordic and the East Asian countries8. Have Japanese social welfare NPOs failed? Emerging social enterprises and major transformation; 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; 10. Globalization and the Nordic welfare states; 11. Normative foundations of Nordic family and gender equality policies: developments and challenges 12. Conflicting ideas on Danish day care during the golden age of the Danish welfare state13. Changing normative principles of social justice in the Norwegian pension system; 14. The future role of civil society in a welfare state: perspectives from Germany; 15. The challenging position of civil society service production within the Norwegian welfare state; PART III Global issues and perspectives; 16. Learning from feminist scholarship on the welfare state; 17. An authoritarian-populist welfare state? Reassessing the 'Belarusian model' in comparative perspective 18. Framing inequality and related policy responses19. Entangled inequalities, a disbalanced welfare state, and populist challenges for democracy; Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK ; da Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.12/6; Welfare state -- Social aspects; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788975847; 9781788975841
• Related ISBNs: 1788975839; 9781788975834
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2019).
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