Towards a new poverty agenda in Asia : Social policies and economic transformation
Haan Arian De
Towards a new poverty agenda in Asia : Social policies and economic transformation
- New Delhi Sage Publications 2010
- 260p xv
Table of contents Preface; Introduction; PART ONE: SOCIAL POLICY IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION; Why Social Policy Matters; Globalization: All Boats Rising or Growing Divides; Demise of the State; International Development and Social Policy; PART TWO: SOCIAL POLICY REGIMES; Latin America: From Corporatism to Liberalism; The Short Era of the Developmental State in Africa; East Asia: Social Policy's Role in Economic Success; South Asian Welfarism; PART THREE: CONCLUSION; A Normative Framework for Social Policy; Annexure: Selected Data on Well-Being and Government Spending; References; Index
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1. Social Policy - Economic Development2. Poverty - Asia 3. Developing Countries - Social Policy