Healthy Democracies : : Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea / / Joseph Wong.
Do the pressures of economic globalization undermine the welfare state? Contrary to the expectations of many analysts, Taiwan and South Korea have embarked on a new trajectory, toward a strengthened welfare state and universal inclusion. In Healthy Democracies, Joseph Wong offers a political explana...
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Wong, Joseph, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Healthy Democracies : Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea / Joseph Wong. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2006 1 online resource (222 p.) : 4 tables, 2 line drawings text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1.Democratization And The Welfare State -- Chapter 2.A Dynamic Policymaking Framework -- Chapter 3.Authoritarianism And The Origins Of Social Insurance -- Chapter 4.Democratic Breakthrough And Universal Health Care -- Chapter 5.Coalition Building In Korea -- Chapter 6.Resisting Retrenchment In Taiwan -- Chapter 7.Democracy And The Idea Of Social Welfare -- Chapter 8.Defending Democracy -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Do the pressures of economic globalization undermine the welfare state? Contrary to the expectations of many analysts, Taiwan and South Korea have embarked on a new trajectory, toward a strengthened welfare state and universal inclusion. In Healthy Democracies, Joseph Wong offers a political explanation for health care reform in these two countries. He focuses specifically on the ways in which democratic change in Taiwan and South Korea altered the incentives and ultimately the decisions of policymakers and social policy activists in contemporary health care debates.Wong uses extensive field research and interviews to explore both similarities and subtle differences in the processes of political change and health care reform in Taiwan and South Korea. During the period of authoritarian rule, he argues, state leaders in both places could politically afford to pursue selective social policies-reform was piecemeal and health care policy outcomes far from universal. Wong finds that the introduction of democratic reform changed the political logic of social policy reform: vote-seeking politicians needed to promote popular policies, and health care reform advocates, from bureaucrats to grassroots activists, adapted to this new political context. In Wong's view, the politics of democratic transition in Taiwan and South Korea has served as an effective antidote to the presumed economic imperatives of social welfare retrenchment during the process of globalization. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Democracy Korea (South). Democracy Taiwan. Public welfare Korea (South). Public welfare Taiwan. Asian Studies. Political Science & Political History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801473494 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501711480 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501711480 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501711480/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1.Democratization And The Welfare State -- Chapter 2.A Dynamic Policymaking Framework -- Chapter 3.Authoritarianism And The Origins Of Social Insurance -- Chapter 4.Democratic Breakthrough And Universal Health Care -- Chapter 5.Coalition Building In Korea -- Chapter 6.Resisting Retrenchment In Taiwan -- Chapter 7.Democracy And The Idea Of Social Welfare -- Chapter 8.Defending Democracy -- Notes -- Index |
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