This article aims to outline main features of the East Asian welfare model, to understand its past development and assess lessons that can be learned for other developing and developed countries. It describes the particular path of welfare state development in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong...

The study of social development in China is yet to emerge from the backwaters of international development studies. While China as a whole is highly integrated and understood in the body of international research, the differences between rural, semi-urban, urban areas, and importantly the...

This study looks in greater detail at the causal relationship between political competition and the extension of social policy programs and welfare entitlements, with special reference to the influence of media discourse. The case study analyses the issue of pension reform in Taiwan during the...