This article examines the role of family and the state in relation to theliving standards of the elderly in East Asia. It tries to test whetherfamilial arrangement according to Confucian ethics, which are still takenseriously in East Asia, secures the minimum standards of living for theelderly....

Furthering equity as an achievable public policy objective is based on theability to assess needs accurately, and distribute resources accordingly.The purpose of this paper is to plot the development of the formulaegoverning resource allocation in education, health and social housingand to chart...

Recent government pronouncements in the UK and above all the recent Conservative Party (2008) policy document on welfare reform suggest that US welfare reform is increasingly being taken as a model for the UK. What lessons should the UK draw from US experience? The long established means tested...

Changing the nature of governance arrangements comprises one element in the public service reform programme. New governance forms include arm’s-length agencies, multi-organisational partnerships, hybrids and company structures. In theory, changed governance arrangements offer benefits in terms...

This paper reviews the achievements of the Labour Government’seducation policy between 1997 and 2001. Tony Blair claimed that hisGovernment would make education a priority. The first part of thepaper reviews the scale of education spending in relation to theeconomy at large and within the...

Der Vorstand der Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen hat im Juli 2010 den Forschungsschwerpunkt Wissen und Kompetenz des Instituts Arbeit und Technik Gel-senkirchen mit der Bearbeitung des Projektes „Vorstudie für eine systematische Aufnahme und Bewertung von...

Insgesamt 126 Initiativen, Programme und Bildungsgänge konnten in NRW identifiziert werden.Die vom Bund initiierten Programme in NRW legen den Schwerpunkt auf die strukturelle Ebene mit dem Ziel, das Übergangssystem zu verbessern und effizienter zu gestalten.In den NRW-spezifischen...