A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance

Ngai PUN; Shuheng JIN; Haocheng YANG

doi:10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983

A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance

Ngai PUN^*, Shuheng JIN, Haocheng YANG

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Cultural Studies

Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	221-236
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Asian Public Policy
Volume	16
Issue number	2
Early online date	8 Sept 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983
Publication status	Published - Jul 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Oxfam Hong Kong [20034-HKG-A1094-01-2020A-H21].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

Unemployment
risks
social policy
critical discourse analysis
COVID-19
COVID- 19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983

Cite this

@article{5916919060064ffa99b63f9fd2da9fb9,

title = "A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance",

abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.",

keywords = "Unemployment, risks, social policy, critical discourse analysis, COVID-19, COVID- 19",

author = "Ngai PUN and Shuheng JIN and Haocheng YANG",

note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Oxfam Hong Kong [20034-HKG-A1094-01-2020A-H21]. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",

year = "2023",

month = jul,

doi = "10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983",

language = "English",

volume = "16",

pages = "221--236",

journal = "Journal of Asian Public Policy",

issn = "1751-6234",

publisher = "Routledge",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance

AU - PUN, Ngai

AU - JIN, Shuheng

AU - YANG, Haocheng

PY - 2023/7

Y1 - 2023/7

N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.

AB - The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.

KW - Unemployment

KW - risks

KW - social policy

KW - critical discourse analysis

KW - COVID-19

KW - COVID- 19

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114607261&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983

DO - 10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983

M3 - Journal Article (refereed)

SN - 1751-6234

VL - 16

SP - 221

EP - 236

JO - Journal of Asian Public Policy

JF - Journal of Asian Public Policy

IS - 2

ER -

A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this