Screen LibraryFamilial Foundations of the Welfare State : Building the National Health Insurance Systems in South Korea and Taiwan /
This book situates culture as a determining factor in the development of diverse welfare states, exploring the impact of traditional familialism on South Korean and Taiwanese programs. This approach provides an important alternative to studies that focus on formal variables such as industrialization...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58712-7 |
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This book situates culture as a determining factor in the development of diverse welfare states, exploring the impact of traditional familialism on South Korean and Taiwanese programs. This approach provides an important alternative to studies that focus on formal variables such as industrialization, state intervention, and resource mobilization that do not explain the key differences between the similar programs. Throughout this book, Wang looks into both the historical development and the present situation of medical welfare programs in South Korea and Taiwan, and she highlights the import |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XV,151pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319587127 |
| Index Number: | HC411 |
| CLC: | F061.4 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Welfare Politics: Building Welfare Institutions -- 3. (De-) Familialization in Social Policy in East Asia -- 4. Historical Development of NHI in S. Korea: Why not Equal Protection for Female Workers Families? -- 5. Historical Development of NHI in Taiwan: De-familialization Path of Welfare Politics -- 6. Conclusion. |