{"product_id":"welfare-reform-in-east-asia-chak-kwan-chan-9780415728379","title":"Welfare Reform in East Asia: Towards Workfare","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn many Western countries, social welfare payments are increasingly being made conditional on recipients doing voluntary work or attending job training courses, a system known as \"welfare-to-work\" or \"workfare\". Although social welfare in Asia is very different to the West, with much smaller social welfare budgets, a strong self-reliance and a much higher dependency on family networks to provide support, the workfare approach is also being adopted in many Asian countries. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of how welfare reform around work is implemented in leading East Asian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the experiences of seven East Asian economies - including China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau - this book critically analyses current trends; the social, economic and political factors which lead to the implementation of workfare; compares the similarities and differences of workfare in the different polities and assesses their effectiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chak Kwan Chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415728371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415728379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d","brand":"Chak Kwan Chan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136113520895,"sku":"9780415728379","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_808cca02-e23c-40ca-83ce-c146a8a6f211.jpg?v=1770160601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/welfare-reform-in-east-asia-chak-kwan-chan-9780415728379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}