Full Description
This book identifies the main causes of welfare state system extension, as well as the differences in welfare state system design and their consequences for human behavior and the future financial stability of the systems in place in different parts of Asia.
Providing ten in-depth country case studies from across the region, including India, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and South Korea, as well as Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the book focuses on the situation of welfare state system development and its financing in some of the largest countries on earth. It addresses previously neglected areas for investigation, such as the causal reasons for welfare state system extension (not only in Asia, but in general), the types of social security systems and their incentive systems in place and the way they chiefly determine behavior—and thus determine the resulting social security needs.
This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, public policy, political science, sociology, finance and economics, development studies and Asian studies more broadly.
Contents
Foreword. Part 1: Introduction. 1. Telling the Untold Story of Explosion, Stagnation and Continuation of Welfare State System Financing in Asia: An Introduction. Part 2: Theoretical Part. 2. A Pas De Trois in Social Policy Theory: Understanding the Financing of Welfare State Systems. Part 3: Case Studies. 3. Financing the Welfare State System in Russia. 4. Financing the Welfare State System in Turkey. 5. Financing the Welfare State System in Saudi Arabia. 6. Financing the Welfare State System in India. 7. Financing the Welfare State System in Thailand. 8. Financing the Welfare State System in Mainland China. 9. Financing the Welfare State System in Hong Kong. 10. Financing the Welfare State System in Macao. 11. Financing the Welfare State System in Taiwan. 12. Financing the Welfare State System in South Korea. Part 4: Concluding Part. 13. Income Polarity and the End of Social Insurance: A Concluding Note.
