Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | East Asian welfare regimes in transition: From Confucianism to globalisation |
| Editors | Alan WALKER |
| Place of Publication | Bristol |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Chapter | 5 |
| Pages | 95-116 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781861345523 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong. / CHAN, Chak Kwan.
East Asian welfare regimes in transition: From Confucianism to globalisation. ed. / Alan WALKER. Bristol : Policy Press, 2005. p. 95-116.Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong
AU - CHAN, Chak Kwan
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This chapter continues the analysis of social policy in the Hong Kong SAR. It focuses on the mode of welfare management: the essential nature of state intervention in welfare and the heavy impact of the Asian economic crisis. The chapter details recent cuts in public expenditure and the contracting out of core welfare services that have been implemented in response to economic crisis. As well as the importance of the free market and Chinese familism, this chapter emphasises the essential role of the undemocratic polity of Hong Kong and the privileged position of the business community within the governing elite. Having shown how the economic success of Hong Kong was founded partly on the incorporation of the middle class, the chapter questions whether this is sustainable in view of the undermining of the security of middle-class welfare professionals, for example in health and higher education.
AB - This chapter continues the analysis of social policy in the Hong Kong SAR. It focuses on the mode of welfare management: the essential nature of state intervention in welfare and the heavy impact of the Asian economic crisis. The chapter details recent cuts in public expenditure and the contracting out of core welfare services that have been implemented in response to economic crisis. As well as the importance of the free market and Chinese familism, this chapter emphasises the essential role of the undemocratic polity of Hong Kong and the privileged position of the business community within the governing elite. Having shown how the economic success of Hong Kong was founded partly on the incorporation of the middle class, the chapter questions whether this is sustainable in view of the undermining of the security of middle-class welfare professionals, for example in health and higher education.
UR - https://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/7557/
U2 - 10.1332/policypress/9781861345523.003.0005
DO - 10.1332/policypress/9781861345523.003.0005
M3 - Book Chapter
SN - 9781861345523
SP - 95
EP - 116
BT - East Asian welfare regimes in transition: From Confucianism to globalisation
A2 - WALKER, Alan
PB - Policy Press
CY - Bristol
ER -