TY - JOUR
T1 - Limited democracy and welfare ideologies - Hong Kong people’s attitudes towards financial assistance
AU - CHAN, Chak Kwan
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This paper analyses the relationship between democratization and Hong Kong people's welfare attitude based on the data of a household survey. An “incoherent residual welfare concept” was found among respondents who, on the one hand, suggested higher rates of assistance for welfare recipients; and, on the other hand, strongly supported the government's residual welfare ideology. This pattern, argued in the paper, might be caused by limited democracy, a strong administrative-led government and the failure of political parties to challenge the fundamental values of social welfare in a capitalist society.
AB - This paper analyses the relationship between democratization and Hong Kong people's welfare attitude based on the data of a household survey. An “incoherent residual welfare concept” was found among respondents who, on the one hand, suggested higher rates of assistance for welfare recipients; and, on the other hand, strongly supported the government's residual welfare ideology. This pattern, argued in the paper, might be caused by limited democracy, a strong administrative-led government and the failure of political parties to challenge the fundamental values of social welfare in a capitalist society.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937179353&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21650993.1999.9755804
DO - 10.1080/21650993.1999.9755804
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0218-5385
VL - 9
SP - 5
EP - 25
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
IS - 1
ER -
