Welfare Capitalism in Taiwan: State, Economy and Social Policy
β Scribed by Yeun-wen Ku (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 287
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Colonial Taiwan (1895β1945)....Pages 19-30
Postwar Taiwan (1945β79)....Pages 31-48
Taiwan in Transition (1980β90)....Pages 49-63
Issues and Explanations....Pages 64-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Principal Feature of Taiwanβs Capitalist Development....Pages 77-120
State Autonomy in Taiwan....Pages 121-161
Education, Ideology and Popular Welfare Attitudes....Pages 162-199
Class Division, Social Movements, Democratization and State Welfare....Pages 200-239
Conclusion....Pages 240-246
A Postscript on Taiwanese Welfare Development after 1990....Pages 247-249
Back Matter....Pages 250-279
β¦ Subjects
Regional/Spatial Science; Social Care; Political Science; Social Policy
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