The East Asian Welfare Model
International Journal of Social Welfare, Vol. 15, pp. 290-301, 2006
12 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2010
Date Written: December 13, 2010
Abstract
This article aims to outline main features of the East Asian welfare model, to understand its past development and assess lessons that can be learned for other developing and developed countries. It describes the particular path of welfare state development in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, by focusing particularly on developmental and political aspects of welfare state development. In the final part of the study, particular features of the East Asian welfare model are outlined, and thus the existence of a distinct, idealtypical welfare regime in East Asia substantiated.
Keywords: Social Policy, Public Policy, East Asia, functional equivalence, ideal-typical model
JEL Classification: H55, I00
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