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The Small Welfare State
Edited by Jae-jin Yang
‘The Small Welfare State makes a big contribution. With brilliant chapters from leading scholars in the field, it uncovers a distinctive model of social provision that links together an unusual set of countries. It is especially relevant...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Edited by M. R. Islam, Niaz A. Khan, Siti H.A.B. Ah, Haris A. Wahab, Mashitah B. Hamidi
‘Occasionally, a particularly insightful work is published with much potential for fostering improved learning and application. This is such a book. The Field Guide offers vital guidance on conducting fieldwork across contexts for commun...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ageing in Place
Edited by Bruce Judd, Kenichi Tanoue, Edgar Liu
‘This comprehensive book provides a unique offering to our understandings of ageing in place. It is particularly valuable in highlighting the differences and similarities in supporting and assisting ageing in place across countries with ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalizing Welfare
Edited by Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle, Sven E.O. Hort
‘Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue is a much needed and welcome contribution to the yet scarce literature. The book is a recommended addition to the libraries of scholars specialized in sociology, political science...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Family Demography in Asia
Edited by Stuart Gietel-Basten, John Casterline, Minja K. Choe
‘The publication is a very interesting tool for demographers interested in the situation in Asia. It really offers a comprehensive view of fertility on this continent. Reading this book is very useful for getting to know this issue.’ – F...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Edited by John Karl Scholz, Hyungypo Moon, Sang-Hyup Lee
‘South Korea is a recently rich country with dramatic demography – expensive children, very low fertility, long life and rapid population aging. Its policies and institutions must adjust rapidly to these new economic and demographic real...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Women, Gender and Rural Development in China
Edited by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson
‘Women, Gender and Rural Development in China is a superbly rich volume of thickly textured, reflective, and critical accounts of gendered processes of rural development. There is no doubt that it will make a significant contribution to ...eBook:Find out more$40.80
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New Welfare States in East Asia
Edited by Gyu-Jin Hwang
The fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the ‘standard welfare states’ in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in an Ageing Society
David Reisman
Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Social Security in Japan
Edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing populat...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalisation and Social Development
Edited by Ludo Cuyvers
‘There is much to commend in this collection of papers to those interested in both globalization per se as well as those interested in economic and social development in South-east Asia.’ – David N. Ashton, Asia Pacific Business Review ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
