Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which the shift in economic strategy has influenced social policy reform in East Asia. It also analyzes the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform.

Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which the shift in economic strategy has influenced social policy reform in East Asia. It also analyzes the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform.

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword: T.Mkandawire Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors An Overview of the Study: The Developmental Welfare State and Policy Reforms in East Asia; H.Kwon PART I: THE POLITICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM The Reform of the Developmental Welfare State in Korea: Advocacy Coalitions and Health Politics; H.Kwon Democracy, Development and Health in Taiwan; J.Wong The New Politics of the Welfare State in a Developmental Context: Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan; I.Peng Welfare Developmentalism in Singapore and Malaysia; C.B.Huat The Politics of Welfare Developmentalism in Hong Kong; E.W.Y.Lee PART II: THE INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM Development Strategies and the Unemployment Policies in Korea; I.Yi & B-H.Lee Unemployment and Policy Responses in Taiwan: Gender and Family Implications; F-L.Chen One and a Half Cheers for Provident Funds in Malaysia and Singapore; M.Ramesh Social Care in Hong Kong: The Dynamics of the Welfare Mix; V.Pearson PART III: WELFARE DEVELOPMENTALISM IN FORMATION? China's Social Policy: Reform in the Context of Marketization and Globalization; X.Guan Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Care in Thailand; V.Tangcharoensathien, W.Teokul & L.Chanwongpaisarn Index