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Some Useful Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2014

Ka Ho Mok  and
John Hudson
Ka Ho Mok
Affiliation:
Department of Asian and Policy Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education E-Mail: kahomok@ied.edu.hk
John Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York E-mail: john.hudson@york.ac.uk
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The literature on welfare in Greater China is large and growing. The references for the articles in this themed section provide a good starting point for exploring the literature for each of the cases in the region.

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Themed Section on Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China: Welfare Regimes in Transition?
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 317 - 318
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

The literature on welfare in Greater China is large and growing. The references for the articles in this themed section provide a good starting point for exploring the literature for each of the cases in the region. In addition, the following texts are particularly useful:

Carrillo, B. and Duckett, J. (eds.) (2011) China's Changing Welfare Mix: Local Perspectives, New York: Routledge.

Chak, K. C. and Ngok, K. L. (eds.) (2011) Welfare Reform in East Asia: Towards Workfare? New York: Routledge.

Chak, K. C., Ngok, K. L. and Phillips, D. (2008) Social Policy in China: Development and Well-Being, Bristol: The Policy Press.

Fu, T. H. and Huges, R. (eds.) (2009) Ageing in East Asia: Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century, London: Routledge.

Huang, C. C. and Ku, Y. W. (2011) ‘Effectiveness of social welfare programs in East Asia: a case study of Taiwan’, Social Policy and Administration, 45, 7, 733–51.

Izuhara, M. (ed.) (2013) The Handbook of East Asian Social Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Ku, Y. W. (1997) Welfare Capitalism in Taiwan: State, Economy and Social Policy, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press; New York: St. Martin's Press.

Lin, H. Y. (2012) ‘The retirement provisions in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan: perspectives on policy inputs and social outputs’, Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 6, 3, 163–91.

Mok, K. H. and Ku, Y. W. (eds.) (2010) Social Cohesion in Greater China: Challenges for Social Policy and Governance, New York: World Scientific.

Mok, K. H. and Lau, M. (eds.) (2014) Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China: Welfare Regimes in Transition, London: Routledge.

Mok, K. H. and Shi, S. J. (2012) ‘Pension privatisation in Greater China: institutional patterns and policy outcomes’, International Journal of Social Welfare, 21, S1, S30–S45.

Shi, S. J. (2012) ‘Towards inclusive social citizenship? Rethinking China's social security in the trend towards urban-rural harmonisation’, Journal of Social Policy, 41, 4, 789–810.

Tay, W. S. and So, A. (eds.) (2012) Handbook of Contemporary China, New York: World Scientific.

Xiong, Y. G. (2012) ‘Social inequality and inclusive growth in China: the significance of social policy in a new era’, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 20, 3, 277–90.

The following websites are also useful:

http://www.welfareasia.org/

The website of the East Asian Social Policy Research Network, including details about past and future conferences.

http://www.ied.edu.hk/cgcs/en/

The website of the Centre for Greater China Studies at the Hong Kong Institute for Education.

http://www.oecd.org/els/social/indicators/asia

Data for the OECD's Society at a Glance Asia/Pacific Edition can be found here.