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  • The Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South

    by Prof Armando Barrientos, Prof Matthew Carnes, Prof Huck-ju Kwon, Prof Herbert Obinger, Prof Leila Patel, Prof Carina Schmitt ...
    The Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South offers a comprehensive set of contributions assessing the current state of research on social policies and institutions in place outside the advanced capitalist countries. They are written by researchers with a deep knowledge of developments in the Global South. Collectively, the contributions consider three main research questions: What ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • The East Asian Welfare Model

    Welfare Orientalism and the State

    Edited by Roger Goodman, Huck-Ju Kwon, Gordon White ...
    For many politicians and observers in the West, East Asia has provided a broad range of positive images of the state's intervention in society. Neoliberals grew excited by popular welfare systems that cost little in expenditure and bureaucracy. Social-democrats thought they had found a model for social cohesion and equality. In fact the reality in East Asia is rather different from these ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • International Development Cooperation of Japan and South Korea

    New Strategies for an Uncertain World

    Edited by Huck-ju Kwon, Tatsufumi Yamagata, Eunju Kim, Hisahiro Kondoh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the evolution of foreign aid policy in Japan and South Korea, analyzing policy rationales, institutional developments and policy choices. The book searches for new strategies of international development cooperation in an uncertain world. The book compares two countries’ policies in a unique way: pairs of Japanese and Korean scholars examine same policy themes in separate ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Reframing Global Social Policy

    Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

    by Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson, James Midgley, Robin Webster, Anton Hemerijck, Laia Maynou Pujorlas, Guillem López-Casasnovas, Jon Kvist, Marius R. Busemeyer, Giuliano Bonoli, Gunther Schmid, Stephan Klasen, Huck-ju Kwon, Cook Cook ...
    Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the ‘social investment’ and ‘inclusive growth and development’ agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The book shows how these key ideas together with the environmental imperative of ‘sustainability’ are shaping a new global development agenda.This ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • International Encyclopedia of Social Policy

    Edited by Tony Fitzpatrick, Huck-ju Kwon, Nick Manning, James Midgley, Gillian Pascall ...
    Available in paperback for the first time, this milestone work offers an in-depth treatment of all aspects of the discipline and practice of social policy globally. Supported by a distinguished international advisory board, the editors have compiled almost 900,000 words across 734 entries written by 284 leading specialists to provide authoritative coverage of concepts, policy actors, welfare ... Read more

    $115.00 USD

  • The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus

    Sustaining Development and Tackling Policy Changes – Volume 2

    Edited by Jongwon Choi, Huck-ju Kwon, Min Gyo Koo ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume chronicles the policy challenges and adaptations faced and made by the South Korean government during the post-industrialization and democratization period. Following the model set by the first volume in the series, which covered the economic and social development during the developmental period from the 1960s to the 1980s, this volume examines how and to what extent the South Korean ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus, Volume 1

    Edited by Huck-ju Kwon, Min Gyo Koo ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In the postwar period, Korea’s economic and social-political metamorphosis is a rare example of a successful transition from one of the world’s poorest developing countries to a highly sophisticated industrial society—an experience which many developing countries are keen to emulate. The change is particularly significant as Korea was able to reduce poverty and keep social inequality at a modest ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • China's Development: Social Investment And Challenges

    by Litao Zhao ...
    Series series Eai Series On East Asia
    China has made remarkable yet uneven progress in social development. This book analyses China's achievements and problems in social development from the perspective of social investment. Social investment has gained popularity in Europe as a new social policy paradigm. It seeks to use government budget more efficiently and effectively by investing in people rather than 'social consumption'.This ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Contemporary China

    Society and Social Change

    by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson, Andrew B. Kipnis ...
    China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Third Revolution

    Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

    by Elizabeth C. Economy ...
    In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and economic reforms: the centralization of power under Xi, himself, the expansion of the Communist Party's role in Chinese political, social, and economic life, and the construction ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Inequality

    A New Zealand Crisis

    Edited by Max Rashbrooke ...
    The divide between New Zealand’s poorest and wealthiest inhabitants has widened alarmingly over recent decades. Differences in income have grown faster than in most other developed countries.New Zealand society is being reshaped, stretching to accommodate new distance between those who ‘have’ and those who ‘have not’. Income inequality is a crisis that affects us all.A diverse gathering of New ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Asian Politics in Development

    Essays in Honour of Gordon White

    Edited by Robert Benewick, Marc Blecher, Sarah Cook ...
    This volume adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to development that brings together issues that are characteristic of the lifelong scholarship of Professor Gordon White. These include a focus on the state, civil society, welfare and globalization. ... Read more

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