Social development in Asia
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Bibliographic Information
Social development in Asia
(Social indicators research series, v. 5)
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000
Available at 18 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Most Asian countries have shown a strong commitment to rapid economic development. Economists have argued that the fruits from economic development will be spread equitably throughout the population. In the absence of a strong tradition of social rights, social development in Asia has long been taken for granted. This collection documents social development in the Asian countries of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and India and concludes that social development has lagged behind economic development. This has given rise to `distorted development' in many countries. Serious development problems of poverty and inequalities have lingered even in these economically advanced countries of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. These problems have been exacerbated in the wake of the Asian economic crisis. In order to harmonize social development with economic growth, Asian states ought to be more proactive in their development agendas.
As a text on social development in Asia, this book is primarily intended for practitioners and students of social work, social administration, and social policy. It is also relevant for students and practitioners of sociology, economics, and public policy.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments. About the Contributors. Foreword
- J. Midgley. Introduction Social Development in Asia
- K. Tang. 1. Moving Toward Xiaokang in China
- J.C.B. Leung. 2. Balancing Collectivization and Individual Responsibility: Hong Kong Social Policy Under the Chinese Regime
- J.K.C. Lee. 3. Social Development in Taiwan: Upheavals in the 1990s
- Y. Ku. 4. Social Welfare Development in Korea: Past, Present and Future
- S. Lee, I.-J. Lee. 5. Economic Growth, Paternalism and Nation Building: Social Development in Singapore
- K. Tang. 6. Industrialization and Labour Fragmentation in Thailand
- V. Charoenloet. 7. Social Development in India: Performance and Causes
- P. Agrawal, P.V. Srinivasan. 8. The World Bank's `Effective State' in East Asia
- G. Greenfield.
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