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Cover Building Markets
Building Markets
Distributional Consequences of Social Policy in East Asia

Nowhere in the world presents a more dramatic case of wealth creation than East Asia. Contrary to the common belief that social policy in the economic powerhouses of the region is secondary to their pursuit of economic growth, Gyu-Jin Hwang argues that it has in fact played an integral part in building strong states and competitive market economies.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
22 Nov 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789901085
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Tools, Methods, Challenges and Strategies
This insightful book offers practical advice to fieldworkers in social research, enabling robust and judicious applications of research methods and techniques in data collection. It also outlines data collection challenges that are commonly faced when working in the field.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 May 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800376328
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Business 2021
Cover Ageing in Place
Ageing in Place
Design, Planning and Policy Response in the Western Asia-Pacific
This insightful book showcases a range of design, planning and policy responses to ageing populations and the built environment from across the rapidly changing and dynamic Western Asia-Pacific region. Its chapters demonstrate a clear and increasingly convergent preference for and promotion of ageing in place and the need for collaborative efforts to facilitate this at various scales through policy and practice.
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Monograph Book
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06 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976091
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover The Small Welfare State
The Small Welfare State
Rethinking Welfare in the US, Japan, and South Korea
Editor:
Jae-jin Yang
In a period of rapid change for welfare states around the world, this insightful book offers a comparative study of three historically small welfare states: the US, Japan, and South Korea. Featuring contributions from international distinguished scholars, this book looks beyond the larger European welfare states to unpack the many common political and institutional characteristics that have constrained welfare state development in industrialized democracies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
15 Apr 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104619
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Globalizing Welfare
Globalizing Welfare
An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue
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.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Sep 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975841
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Family Demography in Asia
Family Demography in Asia
A Comparative Analysis of Fertility Preferences
The demographic future of Asia is a global issue. As the biggest driver of population growth, an understanding of patterns and trends in fertility throughout Asia is critical to understand our shared demographic future. This is the first book to comprehensively and systematically analyse fertility across the continent through the perspective of individuals themselves rather than as a consequence of top-down government policies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Nov 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785363559
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Social and Political Science 2018
Cover Handbook on the Family and Marriage in China
Handbook on the Family and Marriage in China
Editors:
Xiaowei Zang
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Lucy X. Zhao
This Handbook advances research on the family and marriage in China by providing readers with a multidisciplinary and multifaceted coverage of major issues in one single volume. It addresses the major conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues of marriage and family in China and offers critical reflections on both the history and likely progression of the field.
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Handbook
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29 Dec 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785368196
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Social and Political Science 2017
Cover Handbook of Chinese Migration
Handbook of Chinese Migration
Identity and Wellbeing
Editors:
Iredale R. Robyn
and
Guo Fei
The recent unprecedented scale of Chinese migration has had far-reaching consequences. Within China, many villages have been drained of their young and most able workers, cities have been swamped by the ‘floating population’, and many rural migrants have been unable to integrate into urban society. Internationally, the Chinese have become increasingly more mobile. This Handbook provides a unique collection of new and original research on internal and international Chinese migration and its effects on the sense of belonging of migrants.
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Handbook
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18 Dec 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783476640
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Social And Political Science 2015
Cover Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
A Comparative Analysis of the US and Korea
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in social policies in OECD countries, with a focus on achieving greater effectiveness in public spending on social programs, under increasingly tight national budgets. The contributions cover social and fiscal policy and issues in labor market policy, in addition to the effectiveness of social insurance, education and antipoverty policy.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Jun 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717575
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Economics 2015
Cover Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Challenges Facing the People’s Republic of China
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-income economy. However, the model has generated contradictions that could undermine future growth. Making the transition to high income requires greater reliance on efficiency and productivity improvement, innovation, and market competition. This book examines the challenges faced by the People’s Republic of China in sustaining robust growth, and policy options for making a successful transition to a high-income economy to avoid getting caught in the middle-income trap.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Feb 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783477708
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Social And Political Science 2015