New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia

Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang

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Routledge
16 November 2015

Development studies; Social issues & processes

Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

Social policy in modern industrialised societies is increasingly challenged by new social risks. These include insecure employment resulting from ever more volatile labour markets, new family and gender relationships resulting from the growing participation of women in the labour market, and the many problems resulting from very much longer human life expectancy. Whereas once social policy had to be in step with a standardised, relatively stable and predictable life course, it now has to cope with non-standardised individual preferences, life courses and families, and the consequent increased risks and uncertainties. This book examines these new life courses and their impact on social policy across a range of East Asian societies. It shows how governments and social welfare institutions have been slow to respond to the new challenges. In response, we propose a life-course sensitised policy as an approach to manage these risks. Overall, the book provides many new insights which will assist advance social policy in East Asia.

Edited by: Raymond K. H. Chan, Jens Zinn, Lih-Rong Wang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138776951
ISBN 10: 1138776955
Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 16 November 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction PART 1: Changes in Transitions 2. Extended transitions to adulthood in Japan: Labour market flexibilization and the weakness of social security for young people 3. Social Policies Addressing the Transition from School to Work of Post-Secondary Graduates in Taiwan: A Social Investment Perspective 4. Will Dreams Come True? The Transformation of Social Inequality Structures in Cambodia – Experiences of a New Generation of Youth Managing the Uncertainties of Their Life Course PART 2: Competing Demands 5. Reconciling Work and Family in Taiwan: Problems and Policies 6. The Double Responsibilities of Care in Japan: Emerging New Social Risks for Women Providing both Childcare and care for the Elderly 7. Migrant Workers in the New Eldercare Mix in South Korea PART 3: Alternative Ways of Living 8. Families at Risk: The Lived Experience of Lone Mothers in Hong Kong 9. The Material Contradictions of Proletarian Patriarchy under Condensed Capitalist Industrialization: The Instability in the Working Life Course of Male Breadwinners and Its Familial Ramifications 10. Re-employment after Retirement: Activation Strategies for Older People in Taiwan 11. Female Individualization and Implications on Social Policy in Hong Kong 12. Life-course Sensitised Policy as Risk Management: Directions and Strategies in East Asia

Raymond K H Chan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Social Studies at the City University of Hong Kong, China Jens O Zinn is a Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Lih-rong Wang is Professor of Social Work in the College of Social Science at National Taiwan University, Taiwan.