East Asian Welfare Regimes In Transition: From Confucianism to Globalisation.(SOCIOLOGY)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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East Asian welfare regimes in transition; from confucianism to globalisation.

Title main entry. Ed. by Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong.

Policy Press, [c]2005

235 p.

$39.95 (pa)

The social welfare policy regimes of the so-called "Confucian Welfare States"--China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore--are examined in a series of case studies that explore the factors accounting for the development of welfare ...

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