Preliminary Study on the Theory of Production-Oriented Social Welfare and the Welfare System in East Asia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54097/zdqr1t43Keywords:
Productive Social Welfare, East Asian Countries, Authoritarian System, Confucian Culture, Population AgingAbstract
The productive welfare model originated in Western Europe at the end of the 19th century and has been gradually applied in East Asian countries and regions, reflecting the unique strategy of the government to balance economic growth and social welfare. This study discusses the reasons and effects of East Asian countries and regions choosing production-oriented social welfare policies. The study points out that the authoritarian political system, the influence of Confucian culture, government-led welfare policies and population aging play an important role in the choice of social welfare systems in East Asian countries. In addition, with the change of the international division of labor, the upgrading of the industrial chain and the reduction of the demographic dividend, this model is facing a series of challenges. This study provides a theoretical perspective and practical reference for understanding the development of welfare systems in East Asian countries under the background of globalization.
Downloads
References
[1] Crotty, J. Structural Causes of the Global Financial Crisis: A Critical Assessment of the ‘New Financial Architecture’. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(4), 2009, p. 563–580.
[2] Wang, Z. Welfare Systems in East Asian Countries and Regions: Globalization, Culture, and the Role of Government. China Social Sciences Press, 2011.
[3] Holliday, I. Productivist Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy in East Asia. Political Studies, 48(4), 2000, p. 706–723.
[4] Goodman, R., & Peng, I. The East Asian Welfare States: Peripatetic Learning, Adaptive Change, and Nation-Building. In Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies, 1996, pp. 192–224.
[5] Yang, J. J. Parochial Welfare Politics and the Small Welfare State in South Korea. Comparative Politics, 45(4), 2013, p. 457–475.
[6] Esping-Andersen, G. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Polity, 1990.
[7] Rose, N. E. Put to Work: The WPA and Public Employment in the Great Depression. Monthly Review Press, 2009.
[8] Midgley, J. Growth, Redistribution, and Welfare: Toward Social Investment. Social Service Review, 73(1), 1999, p. 3–21.
[9] Béland, D., & Hacker, J. S. Ideas, Private Institutions and American Welfare State ‘Exceptionalism’: The Case of Health and Old-Age Insurance, 1915–1965.
[10] Chibber, V. Bureaucratic Rationality and the Developmental State. American Journal of Sociology, 107(4), 2002, p. 951–989.
[11] Bell, D. A., & Ham, C. B. (Eds.). Confucianism for the Modern World. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
[12] Croissant, A. From Transition to Defective Democracy: Mapping Asian Democratization. Democratization, 11(5), 2004, p. 156–178.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 International Journal of Education and Humanities
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
