Contemporary social issues in East Asian societies : examining the spectrum of public and private spheres /

"This book focuses on modern highly developed East Asian societies and their social issues, particularly ones that are related to family, institution, and health"--Provided by publisher.

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Mervio, Mika Markus, 1961- (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-5031-2
Summary: "This book focuses on modern highly developed East Asian societies and their social issues, particularly ones that are related to family, institution, and health"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (327 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781466650329
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HN720
CLC: D730.8
Contents: Spectrum of public and private spheres in East Asia: theoretical inspirations from past and present / Mika Markus Mervi o -- On the genealogy of public and private: beyond market and state to the world of pluralism / Jari Vuori, Marika Kyl anen -- The impact of global financial crises on the family in Taiwan / Lih-Rong Wang, Fen-ling Chen -- Protective factors in family relationships / Ann Buchanan -- Globalization and transformation of care in Japan / Reiko Ogawa -- Foreign aid and family at risk: role of foreign aid to Myanmar / Kana Takamatsu -- An analysis of contemporary Japanese rural families: the changing balance between individual freedom and responsibility for unity of the family / Yoshimi Kataoka -- Teenage pregnancy and its support system in Korea: transition from "abortion or adoption" to "childbirth and childrearing" / Naoko S oma, Jiyoon Park, Sun-Hee Baek, Akemi Morita -- Difficulties in work-family reconciliation in Taiwan / Pei-Yuen Tsai -- The social risk of low fertility in Taiwan / Pei-Yuen Tsai -- Utilization of primary health services in Hong Kong: inequality, risk, and public-private interaction / Raymond K. H. Chan, Kang Hu -- Policies and politics: the alternatives and limitations of health finance reform in Hong Kong / Raymond K. H. Chan -- Meeting the care needs of older people: long-term care practice in England, the Netherlands, and Taiwan / Henglien Lisa Chen -- Using social quality as a framework for analyzing social development in Taiwan / Lih-Rong Wang, Yun-Tung Wang, Peishan Yang -- Fiji: violence against women--identifying and combating structural discrimination that furthers sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) / Hansdeep Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Marjory D. Fields -- The Japanese model of risk society: challenges to Japanese public policy / Mika Markus Mervi o.